音标:[brest] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 胸部, 乳房, 胸怀
vt. 以胸对着, 面对
n. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
n. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
n. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
n. the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
词型变化:名词复数形式 : breasts ; 过去式 : breasted ; 现在分词 : breasting ; 过去分词 : breasted ; 第三人称单数 : breasts
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词性分布:
名词99%
动词1%

breast的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The little baby can take nourishment from the breast.小婴儿可以从乳房中吸取营养。
  2. The baby was being nursed at its mother's breast.那个孩子正在吃母亲的奶。
  3. The bird's breast is flecked with brown.这只鸟胸前有棕色斑点。
  4. They had chicken breast for supper.他们晚饭吃鸡胸肉。
  5. His head sank forward on his breast.他的头垂向胸前。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Who is the first to breast the tape?谁第一个到终点的?
  2. I think they breast the tape at the same time.我认为他俩是同时撞线的。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. She was feeding a baby at the breast.她在给婴儿喂奶。
  2. He was wearing a nameplate on his left breast.他左胸前佩戴着一张名牌。
  3. They had chicken breasts for lunch.他们午餐吃鸡胸肉。
  4. His breast swelled with emotion.他满怀激情。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
make a clean breast of
    坦白讲出… tell the whole truth about sth bad that one has done

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • beat breast捶胸
  • give the breast to one's baby给孩子喂奶
  • make a clean breast全盘托出,坦白
  • suck the breast吃奶
  • take the breast吃奶
形容词+~
  • firm and elastic breast结实而有弹性的乳房
  • flabby breast下垂的乳房
  • sagged breast下垂的乳房
名词+~
  • chicken breasts鸡胸肉
  • mother's breast妈妈的怀抱
~+名词
  • breast form胸罩
  • breast pocket胸前的口袋
  • breast shield胸罩
  • breast stroke俯泳,蛙泳
介词+~
  • at the breast未断奶的
  • receive the bullet in the breast胸部中弹
  • stab sb on the breast用刀刺胸
  • shoot sb through the breast射穿胸部
  • put an infant to breast让新生婴儿吃奶

经典引文

  • Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers.

    出自:Macbeth,Shakespeare
  • One Country Milch-Wench, to whom I was..put to the Breast.

    出自:Steele
  • As swift As bird on wing to breast its eggs again.

    出自:Keats
  • A baker's van breasted the hill.

    出自:J. Buchan
  • Like a swimmer breasting a wave.

    出自:B. Bainbridge
【近义词】

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