chest S2 W3 / tʃest / 名词 [可数名词]

1 the front part of your body between your neck and your stomach → breast :

Her heart was pounding in her chest.

a hairy chest

chest pain/infection/injury

He collapsed with severe chest pains. → flat-chested

2 a large strong box that you use to store things in or to move your personal possessions from one place to another :

a large wooden chest → chest of drawers , tea chest , war chest

3 get something off your chest to tell someone about something that has been worrying or annoying you for a long time, so that you feel better afterwards

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

broad a tall man with a broad chest and shoulders

powerful His arms were folded across his powerful chest.

muscular (= with big muscles ) His chest was tanned and muscular.

hairy His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a hairy chest.

bare (= not covered by clothes ) The workmen all had bare chests.

bad (= one that is making you cough or giving you pain ) I’m not going running today - my chest is bad.

weak (= one that often gets infections ) As a child her chest was weak.

chest + NOUN

a chest pain There are a number of causes of chest pain.

a chest infection Every time I get a cold I get a chest infection too.

a chest complaint/problem (= something wrong with your chest and causing you pain ) Older people often suffer from chest complaints.

a chest injury/wound He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.

a chest X-ray (= a photograph of the inside of your chest, to see if it is healthy ) A chest X-ray showed that there was damage to his lungs.