breast
breast
英[brest]美[brest]
n.乳房，胸怀，胸部，胸脯肉；
v.登上…的顶部，挺胸从…中挤过；
复数：breasts;
例句
He made a clean breast of the whole secret.他把所有秘密全盘托出。
The baby was sucking its mother's breast.婴儿正在吮吸母乳。
She grasped the letter and held it to her breast.她急切地抓住信把它举在胸前。
The general wore a decoration on his left breast.那位将*在左胸前佩戴了一枚勋章。
He was wearing a nameplate on his left breast.他左胸前佩带着一张名牌。
She was feeding a baby at the breast.她在给婴儿喂奶。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast).希望会产生，永远无穷尽。出自：英语谚语
Did the murderer make a clean breast of his crime?凶手供认了他的罪行 吗 ?
The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything.**督促犯人坦白说出一切.
You ought to make a clean breast of the whole matter.你*好把整个事件和盘托出.
英语六级真题
Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.
出自-2017年6月听力原文The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support, according to a 2007 study.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文But telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age, that's a powerful message.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BIt turns out that those who consumed the highest levels of fiber during adolescence had a lower risk of developing breast cancer, compared to the women who ate the least fiber.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BThe bottom line here is the more fiber you eat, perhaps, a lower level of hormone in your body, and therefore, a lower lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BThis important study demonstrates that the more fiber you eat during your high school years, the lower your risk is in developing breast cancer in later life.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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（妇女的）乳房
A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby.
例句
She wears a low-cut dress which reveals her breasts...她穿了一件露乳沟的低胸连衣裙。As my newborn cuddled at my breast, her tiny fingers stroked my skin.我刚出生的宝宝蜷伏在我胸前，细小的手指触碰着我的肌肤。N-COUNT
胸；胸部；胸膛
A person's breast is the upper part of his or her chest.
例句
He struck his breast in a dramatic gesture.他动作夸张地捶打着自己的胸膛。N-COUNT
胸怀；内心
The breast is often considered to be the part of your body where your emotions are.
例句
The verse rose up to fire his breast with inspiration...这首诗激发了他的灵感。The battle roared; a sound calculated to arouse the sublimest emotions in the breast of the soldier.战场上吼声震天，意在唤起士兵们*昂扬的斗志。N-COUNT
（鸟类的）胸脯
A bird's breast is the front part of its body.
例句
The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut.这只公鸡胸部羽毛呈浅栗色，带有白色细条纹。N-SING
（衬衫、夹克或外套的）胸部
The breast of a shirt, jacket, or coat is the part which covers the top part of the chest.
例句
He moved out from beneath an awning, reaching for something inside the breast of his overcoat...他离开遮阳篷，手伸进大衣前胸部找东西。He reached into his breast pocket for his cigar case.他把手伸进胸前口袋里拿雪茄烟盒。N-VAR
（禽鸟或羊的）胸脯肉
You can refer to piece of meat that is cut from the front of a bird or lamb as breast.
例句
...a chicken breast with vegetables.鸡脯肉拌蔬菜...breast of lamb.羊胸肉PHRASE
捶胸（表示气愤或悲伤）
If you say that someone beats their breast, you are emphasizing that they are very angry or upset about something, or that they are pretending to be very angry or upset about it.
例句
The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.总裁捶胸顿足，称那是个错误的交易。PHRASE
坦白；如实承认
If you make a clean breast of something, you tell someone the truth about yourself or about something wrong that you have done.
例句
I might as well make a clean breast of it. I have been living as a woman since 1975.我还是坦白的好。我从1975起就变成女人了。英汉词典释义
n.
乳房, （女子的）乳房; （男子的）退化乳房
She was feeding a baby at the breast.她在给婴儿喂奶。胸部, 胸膛, 胸脯
He was wearing a nameplate on his left breast.他左胸前佩带着一张名牌。胸肉; （鸟或动物的）胸脯肉
They had chicken breasts for lunch.他们午餐吃鸡胸肉。前胸部份
（鸟的）胸部
心窝；情感
vt.
登上…的顶部
挺胸从…中挤过
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen;
"he beat his breast in anger"2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
3. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
Verb
1. meet at breast level;
"The runner breasted the tape"2. reach the summit;
"They breasted the mountain"3. confront bodily;
"breast the storm"行业词典
动物学： 乳房；
医学： 前胸，乳房：胸前部，常特指乳房，即该部所具变形皮肤腺结构。见mamma〔NA〕；
