breast

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breast1 /brest/ ●●● S3 noun  1  HBHBODYwoman’s body 女人的身体 [countable] one of the two round raised parts on a woman’s chest that produce milk when she has a baby 〔女人的〕乳房 These bras are specially designed for women with large breasts. 这些胸罩专为乳房丰满的女性设计。 breast milk 母乳 breast cancer 乳腺癌bare-breasted/small-breasted etc 裸胸的/乳房小的等2  chest 胸部CHEST [countable]HBH written the part of your body between your neck and your stomach 胸部，胸膛 Dick cradled her photograph against his breast. 迪克把她的照片轻轻拥在胸前。3  bird 鸟PART OF A BIRD [countable]HBB the front part of a bird’s body, below its neck 〔鸟的〕胸部 a robin with a red breast 红胸知更鸟red-breasted/white-breasted etc red-breasted geese 红胸黑雁 →4  See picture of 见图 BIRD OF PREY4  meat 肉MEAT [uncountable]DFF meat that comes from the front part of the body of a bird such as a chicken 〔禽类的〕胸脯肉 turkey breast 火鸡胸脯肉5. clothes 衣服 [countable usually singular] the part of a jacket, shirt etc that covers the top part of your chest 〔夹克衫、衬衫等的〕前胸，胸襟 → double-breasted, single-breasted6. make a clean breast of it/things ADMITto admit that you have done something wrong 和盘托出，如实供认，坦白7  emotions 感情EMOTIONS [countable] literaryFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC where your feelings of sadness, love, anger, fear etc come from 情感；心情，内心 a troubled breast 烦乱的心绪 → beat your breast at beat1(31), → chimney breast

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breast• breast cancer• A variety of experimental technologies are being tested in the effort to find better ways to diagnose breast cancer, Blumenthal said.• Fill the terrine with layers of forcemeat and guinea fowl breast.• His arms were folded across his breast.• Nate kept patting his breast pockets, looking for his pipe.• I consoled him at my breast when he wept.• Remove breasts before the leg-thigh pieces, while still springy and juicy, and keep warm.• Anger swelled the young man's breast.breast2 verb [transitive] formal  1. TOPto reach the top of a hill or slope 登上〔山顶〕2. PUSHto push against something with your chest 以胸部推...；挺胸顶着...→ See Verb table

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breast• He drove out of Brighton cheerfully enough, munching his sandwich, climbing the London road until he had breasted the Downs.Origin breast1 Old English breost

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breast¹ S3 /brest/ noun1.  WOMAN’S BODY  [countable] one of the two round raised parts on a woman’s chest that produce milk when she has a baby:
    These bras are specially designed for women with large breasts.
    breast milk
    breast cancer
    bare-breasted/small-breasted etc
2.  CHEST  [countable] written the part of your body between your neck and your stomach:
    Dick cradled her photograph against his breast.
3.  BIRD  [countable] the front part of a bird’s body, below its neck:
    a robin with a red breast
    red-breasted/white-breasted etc
    red-breasted geese
4.  MEAT  [uncountable] meat that comes from the front part of the body of a bird such as a chicken:
    turkey breast
5.  CLOTHES  [countable usually singular] the part of a jacket, shirt etc that covers the top part of your chest ⇨ double-breasted, single-breasted
6. make a clean breast of it/things to admit that you have done something wrong
7.  EMOTIONS  [countable] literary where your feelings of sadness, love, anger, fear etc come from:
    a troubled breast
⇨ beat your breast at beat¹(31), ⇨ chimney breast

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breast² verb [transitive] formal
1. to reach the top of a hill or slope
2. to push against something with your chest