喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture breast: the front of the body, from the neck down to the stomach — the side that faces the world and goes first. From that one panel English gets the woman's breast, a bird's front and the meat cut from it, the front of a coat, the place feelings are said to live, and a verb for pushing forward chest-first.

可以想成 breast 是身體正面那一片：從脖子往下到肚子，是面向世界、走路時最先到的那一面。從這一片，英文長出了女…更多收起可以想成 breast 是身體正面那一片：從脖子往下到肚子，是面向世界、走路時最先到的那一面。從這一片，英文長出了女性的乳房、鳥的前胸和那塊胸肉、外套的前襟、情感據說住著的地方，以及一個「用胸口往前頂」的動詞。

From the picture

鳥的前胸與那塊肉

同一片「正面」放到鳥身上：鳥脖子以下、朝前的那一塊；廚房裡再把那一塊切下來，就成了一種肉的名字。

bird's breast · noun · B1

On a bird, the chest — the front of its body just under the neck.

（鳥的）前胸

衣服的前襟

衣服跟著身體走：蓋在胸前那一片的布，就用那一片身體的名字來稱呼。

breast of a garment · noun · B1

The front chest area of a jacket, shirt, or other piece of clothing.

（上衣的）前胸部位

胸口裡藏著的心事

胸口是心跳的地方，所以文學裡把感情和祕密都放在這一片後面；要說出來，就等於把胸口清空。

seat of feelings (literary) · noun · B1

In stories and poems, the place inside you where strong feelings such as love, sadness, or fear seem to come from.

內心 / 胸臆

動詞：用胸口往前

身體正面是走路時最先到的那一面，所以當動詞用時，畫面比較像挺著胸口頂向前方的東西。

push against with the body · verb · B1

To push forward against something with the front of your body.

挺身頂向 / 迎向

Also in this word

chest (front of body) · noun · B1

The front of a person's body between the neck and the stomach.

胸膛 / 胸口

breast (anatomy) · noun · B1

One of the two soft round parts on the front of a woman's body that can make milk for a baby.

乳房 / 胸部

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

breastnoun/bɹɛst/

  • 1

    anatomymedicinesciencesEither of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

    • Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
    • Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.
  • 2

    anatomymedicinesciencesThe chest, or front of the human thorax.

    • The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
  • 3

    A section of clothing covering the breast area.

    • By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through the breasts of his shirt.
  • 4

    The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

    • She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
    • He has a loyal breast.
  • 5

    The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.

    • The robin has a red breast.
  • 6

    A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.

    • Would you like breast or wing?
  • 7

    The front or forward part of anything.

    • chimney breast
    • plough breast
  • 8

    The upper surface of a landform or body of water.

    • Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
    • […] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businessminingThe face of a coal working.

  • 10

    businessminingThe front of a furnace.

  • 11

    obsoleteThe power of singing; a musical voice.

    • By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
  • 12

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe breaststroke.

breastverb/bɹɛst/

  • 1

    To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.

    • […]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
    • It wasn’t pinchers fault that he was not the first to breast the bar.
  • 2

    To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).

    • He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
    • Vera Nugent, a brisk woman of the world, with a fondness for vivid clothing and a Spanish air which went oddly with it, took the trouble one fine day to tackle her brother. “Look here, Jimmy," she said as they breasted a mountain pass, “are you quite sure what you are up to with these people?”
  • 3

    cookingfoodlifestyleTo debreast.

    • Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。