1
- either side of the face below the eye面颊, 脸蛋：
tears rolled down her cheeks.
眼泪沿她双颊淌下。
1.1
- either of the inner sides of the mouth脸内颊：
Gabriel had to bite his cheeks to keep from laughing.
加布里埃尔不得不紧咬内颊, 不让自己笑出声来。
1.2
- informal either of the buttocks〈非正式〉半边屁股。
1.3
- either of two side pieces or parts arranged in lateral pairs in a structure结构中两侧成对的部件。
2
- in sing. talk or behaviour that is boldly impertinent or unreasonable厚颜无耻的言行; 鲁莽; 无礼：
he had the cheek to complain
他还有脸抱怨
that's enough of your cheek!
别再无礼了！
with obj.
- speak impertinently to对…无礼地说：
Frankie always got away with cheeking his elders.
弗兰克总是对长辈无礼但从来不受处罚。
短语
cheek by jowl
- close together, side by side紧靠; 并排：
they lived cheek by jowl in a one-room flat.
他们挤在一个一室户公寓里住。
ORIGIN: from a use of jowl in the sense 'cheek'; the phrase was originally cheek by cheek.
cheek to cheek
- (of two people dancing) with their heads close together in an intimate and romantic way（两人跳舞时）面贴面。
turn the other cheek
- refrain from retaliating when one has been attacked or insulted逆来顺受, 甘受侮辱。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Matt. 5:39.
派生词
cheeked
adjective面颊红润的。
词源
Old English cē(a)ce， cēoce 'cheek， jaw'， of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.