1[countableC]HBH the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes 面颊,脸颊
Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek.
露西伸长了脖子去亲吻他的脸颊。
Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes.
比利脸颊红润,长着一双蓝眼睛。
her tear-stained cheeks
她泪痕斑斑的脸颊
Julie’s cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.
听了这赞美的话,朱莉开心得满脸通红。
red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc
a red-cheeked plump old fellow
一个面色红润、胖乎乎的老家伙
2[singular, uncountableU]British EnglishBrERUDE/IMPOLITE disrespectful or rudebehaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority 〔尤指对权威〕无礼[放肆]的行为;厚颜无耻
I’ve had enough of your cheek.
我对你的放肆已经受够了。
have the cheek to do something
He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.
他竟然有脸进行人身攻击还指望别人会没有反应。
She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
她脸皮很厚,不达目的决不罢休。
It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
真不要脸,竟然问我要钱。
What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
真是无礼!我当然看过用法说明!
3cheek by jowl (with somebody/something)NEARvery close to someone or something else 紧挨着(某人/某物)
an expensive French restaurant cheek by jowl with a cheap clothes shop
紧挨着一家廉价服装店的高级法国餐馆
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cheek by jowl (with somebody/something)• The farmers live cheek by jowl with the pits that are shutting down.• The guests, packedcheek by jowl, parted as he entered, and suddenly she knew the reason for the party.
4.turn the other cheekFORGIVEto deliberately avoidreacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you 〔对伤害自己的人〕不还手,不加报复,容忍
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turn the other cheek• Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.• Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek.• Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek.• No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.• It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone insults you.
5.cheek to cheekNEARif two people dancecheek to cheek, they dance very close to each other in a romantic way 〔跳舞时〕面贴面,贴面
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cheek to cheek• They spent the evening dancing cheek to cheek.• Couples were dancing, slowly, cheek to cheek, by the pool.
6.[countableC] informalHBH one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom 屁股SYN buttock
have the cheek to do something• Conservative Members, however, have the cheek tosuggest that that is the fault of local government, not theirs.
cheek2 verb [transitiveT]
British EnglishBrERUDE/IMPOLITE to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents 对〔尤指老师、家长等〕无礼地说话SYN American English sass
You can cheek some teachers and they just don’t do anything.
你可以顶撞有些老师,他们不会怎么样。
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cheek• They all have to go through it, cheeking the cops.• Bernadette had been sacked for cheeking the nurse.