词汇精选：breast的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
乳房，乳腺
例句：
The baby was being nursed at its mother's breast.
那个孩子正在吃母亲的奶。
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。
胸脯，胸部
例句：
He struck his breast in a dramatic gesture.
他动作夸张地捶打着自己的胸膛。
例句：
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。
心情；心窝，胸怀
例句：
The verse rose up to fire his breast with inspiration.
这首诗激发了他的灵感。
例句：
The battle roared; a sound calculated to arouse the sublimest emotions in the breast of the soldier.
战场上吼声震天，意在唤起士兵们最昂扬的斗志。
v.
以胸对着，挺胸迎…而上 [T]
例句：
Who is the first to breast the tape?
谁第一个到终点的？
例句：
The runner breasted the tape.
赛跑者以胸部触线。
坚毅地面对，与…搏斗 [T]
例句：
The ship was breasting the waves.
轮船在破浪前进。
例句：
He breasted every trouble as it came.
他勇敢地迎接每个困难。
升高，攀登 [T]
例句：
The coach breasted a slight incline.
马车上一个缓坡。
例句：
He breasted a rise and looked down.
他登上高处往下看。
二、词义辨析：
breast,bosom,chest
这些名词均含“胸，胸部”之意。breast指人或动物的胸部或胸部的前面，也指男人或女人的乳房。bosom文学用词，与breast同义，特指女性的乳房，也可用作比喻。chest指胸膛，即肋骨所包围的部分。
三、相关短语：
chicken breast
n.[医]鸡胸
breast drill
胸压式手摇钻，脚摇钻
breast feeding
母乳喂养，人乳哺育
pigeon breast
胸骨凸出畸形，鸡胸
breast cancer
n. 乳癌,乳腺癌
breast pocket
n. 小袋, 胸袋
四、参考例句：
Do a monthly breast self-exam.
每月进行胸部自我检查
Success swelled his breast with pride.
成功使他心里充满了自豪感。
She developed a malignant breast tumor.
她得了恶性乳腺瘤。
She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
她花了数小时练习蛙泳。
We'll eat chicken breast fillets.
我们准备吃鸡脯肉片。
He was shot through the breast.
他被子弹射穿胸部。
He bears it as a badge on the breast.
他把这佩在胸前当作徽章。
The fluffy, peachy-beige breast feather immediately suggested a mourning dove.
这种毛茸茸的杏黄色胸羽马上让人想到了哀鸠。
The breast can be cut into portions for grilling.
胸脯肉可以切成小块烧烤。
O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast!
哦，背离慈爱胸怀的顽固不化的流亡者！
