| 释义 |
chest/tʃest/n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport (尤指存放或运输物品的)大箱子，柜子，盒子 2a the part of a human or animal body enclosed by the ribs (人或动物的)胸，胸腔 b the circumference of the body at chest level 胸围 c the front surface of the body from neck to waist 胸部，前胸 3 a small cabinet for medicines etc. 药箱 4 Brit. [英]a the treasury or financial resources of an institution (社会公共机构的)金库，公款 b the money available from it (金库中的)资金 □ get a thing off one's chest colloq. disclose a fact, secret, etc., to relieve one's anxiety about it [口]把(事实、秘密等)倾吐出来 □ play (one's cards, a thing, etc.) close to one's chest colloq. be cautious or secretive about [口]对某事小心谨慎，把某事藏在心间 □ -chested adj. (in comb. 用于复合词)[Old English cest, cyst via Germanic and Latin from Greek kistē] |