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单词 cheek
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cheek1/cheek/ noun

the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth

insolent boldness; impudence

informal a buttock

either of two paired facing parts, e.g. the jaws of a vice

cheek by jowl

very close together

turn the other cheek

to respond to injury or unkindness with patience; to forgo retaliation

[with allusion to the New Testament accounts of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:39): ‘But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.’]
[Old English cēace]

cheek2verb trans

informal to speak rudely or impudently to (somebody)

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