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breast 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/brest/,
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breasts, plural;
  1. Face and move forward against or through (something)
    • - I watched him breast the wave
  2. Reach the top of (a hill)

Noun
  1. Either of the two soft, protruding organs on the upper front of a woman's body that secrete milk after pregnancy

  2. The corresponding less-developed part of a man's body

  3. A person's chest
    • - her heart was hammering in her breast
  4. The corresponding part of a bird or mammal
    • - the breast feathers of the doves
  5. A portion of poultry cut from such a part
    • - a grilled chicken breast
  6. The part of a garment that covers the chest
    • - a breast pocket
  7. A person's chest regarded as the seat of the emotions
    • - wild feelings of frustration were rising up in his breast
  1. meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
  2. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"
  3. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
  4. summit: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
  5. front: confront bodily; "breast the storm"
  6. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
  7. Breast cancer (malignant breast neoplasm) is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. ...
  8. Poultry is a category of domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or killing for their meat and/or feathers. ...
  9. The Breast (1972) is a novella by Philip Roth, in which the main character, David Kepesh, becomes a 155-pound breast. Throughout the book Kepesh fights with himself. Part of him wishes to give in to bodily desires, while the other part of him wants to be rational. ...
  10. Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men; The chest, or front of the human thorax; A section of clothing covering the breast area; The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc. ...
  11. ((breasts)) to have a large ~ avoir beaucoup de poitrine;
  12. (BREASTS) As used in Rev. 15:6 it would mean divine servitude was the primary point and objective of these "seven angels." The "breasts" would be the central and most vital part and represents the principal objective.
  13. (BREASTS) bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, radiotherapy, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, silicosis [x-ray findings in fibrotic pulmonary changes]
  14. (Breasts) Fatty globules possessed by many Ongarians, perhaps by more than strictly *should* possess them. [Contributed by: Norris McWhirter] [add a comment]
  15. (Breasts) a need for nurturing, desire for ditching responsibility
  16. (Breasts) generally refers to the upper ventral region of an animal or human’s torso, particularly that of mammals. The breasts of a female mammal’s body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed their young via a nipple.
  17. (Breasts) tenderness, enlargement.
  18. (breasts) pieces. As the chicken is not fried, it is free from excessive calories and fats ... one, two, three steps of How to Broil Chicken:  1. Prepare the Oven: Before you start preparing the chicken, first need to preheat the oven. So, turn the oven to broil settings and shut the door ...
  19. breost; ferðloca; hreðerloca
  20. Refers to region of the front where feathers cover breastbone and muscle. Also known as chest or pectoral region.
  21. Glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland.
  22. The highly modified glandular tissue, fat, connective tissue and skin lying on the chest wall between the midline and the latissimus muscle, and between the clavicle and the rectus abdominus muscle.
  23. ventral leathering below the throat, extending over the breast muscles. The tips of these feathers reach a bit further.
  24. The end wall at the head of a lock, which supports the sill.
  25. Area surrounding the tap hole of a melting furnace.