chest
US: /ˈtʃɛst/
UK: /tʃˈɛst/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
chest /tʃest/- danh từ
- rương, hòm, tủ, két
- a medicine chest: tủ thuốc
- a carpenter's chest: hòm đồ thợ mộc
- tủ com mốt ((cũng) chest of drawers)
- ngực
- to get something off one's chest
- nói hết điều gì ra không để bụng
- rương, hòm, tủ, két
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 the top part of the front of the body, between the neck and the stomach: The bullet hit him in the chest. + She gasped for breath, her chest heaving. + a chest infection + chest pains + a hairy chest
2 (-chested) (in adjectives) having the type of chest mentioned: flat-chested + broad-chested
3 a large strong box, usually made of wood, used for storing things in and/or moving them from one place to another: a medicine chest + a treasure chest
See also -
see also WAR CHEST
Idioms: get sth off your chest to talk about sth that has been worrying you for a long time so that you feel less anxious: Why not tell her how you feel? It might do you good to get it off your chest.
more at CARD n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 box, coffer, trunk, strongbox, caddy, casket, case:
It took four men to carry the chest outside, where we could open it. Martha kept her jewels in a small chest on the dresser.
2 breast; thorax:
The wrestler was pounding his chest and shouting 'I am the greatest!'
Collocation
ADJ.
broad, manly, massive, muscular, muscled, powerful, strong | narrow, puny | flat
She wears loose clothes to hide her flat chest.
| bare, naked | hairy, hairless | bad, weak, wheezy | lower, upper
VERB + CHEST
clutch (at)
Clutching his chest in agony, he fell to the ground.
| thump
‘You've got to have courage, ’ he said, thumping his chest.
CHEST + VERB
expand, heave, rise and fall | puff (out/up), swell
His chest puffed out with indignation at the suggestion. His chest swelled with pride as he accepted the award.
| tighten
Her chest tightened with fear.
| ache
She ran until her chest ached.
CHEST + NOUN
pain, tightness | injury | ailment, complaint, condition, disease, infection, problems, trouble | radiograph, X-ray | muscles | hair | cavity
PREP.
in the/your ~
She was hit in the chest by two of the bullets.
| on the/your ~
the hairs on his chest
| to the/your ~
He suffered burns to the chest and neck. She clutched her baby tightly to her chest.
Concise dictionary
cheststʃestnoun
+the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
+box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
+furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
