chest
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
The clothes are kept in a chest.
- 2.
(obsolete)A coffin.
- 3.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
You can take the money from the chest.
- 4.
A chest of drawers.
- 5.
(anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
She had a sudden pain in her chest.
An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.
- 6.
The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.
Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk
He has a tattoo on his chest, and another on his upper back.
The wild gorilla was beating its chest.
- 7.
(euphemistic)A female human's breasts.
He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.
- 8.
A hit or blow made with one's chest.
She scored with a chest into the goal.
- 9.
Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- 2.
(transitive)To deposit in a chest.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To place in a coffin.
- 4.
(Africa, transitive)To handle, deal with.
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From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box), from *kistu (chest, box), from Latin cista (chest, box), from Ancient Greek κίστη (chest, box, basket, hamper).