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cheeks

/cheek/US // tʃik //UK // (tʃiːk) //

脸颊,脸皮,脸蛋,脸部

Related Words

lip嘴唇,唇部,唇,唇语chop劈劈啪啪,切切,斩,劈jowl脸颊,颊部,脸部,脸蛋choppers直升机gill峡谷,鳃,莳萝,馏分nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖impertinence无礼,无礼行为,不礼貌,无理取闹presumption推定,假设,假定,推断brazenness厚颜无耻,勇敢的精神,勇敢的人,勇敢insolence非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为disrespect不尊重,不敬,不尊重他人,不尊重人brashness蛮横,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,蛮横无理temerity暴躁,胆怯,诱惑力,暴躁不安rudeness无礼,粗鲁,非礼,粗暴无礼gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆brass黄铜,铜管,铜,黄铜色chutzpah厚颜无耻,厚脸皮,厚颜,鲁莽sauce酱,酱汁,酱油,酱酱impudence厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
    • : the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws.
    • : something resembling the side of the human face in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides of various objects: the cheeks of a vise.
    • : impudence or effrontery: He's got a lot of cheek to say that to me!
    • : Slang. either of the buttocks.
    • : Architecture. one side of an opening, as a reveal.either of two similar faces of a projection, as a buttress or dormer.
    • : Carpentry. a piece of wood removed from the end of a timber in making a tenon.a piece of wood on either side of a mortise.
    • : one side of a hammer head.
    • : Horology. one of two pieces placed on both sides of the suspension spring of a pendulum to control the amplitude of oscillation or to give the arc of the pendulum a cycloidal form.
    • : one of the two main vertical supports forming the frame of a hand printing press.
    • : Machinery. either of the sides of a pulley or block.
    • : Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a lower mast, used to support trestletrees which in turn support a top and often the heel of a topmast; one of the hounds of a lower mast.
    • : Metallurgy. any part of a flask between the cope and the drag.

Phrases

  • cheek by jowl
  • tongue in cheek
  • turn the other cheek

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounside of human face
Synonyms
chop劈劈啪啪,切切,斩,劈choppers直升机gill峡谷,鳃,莳萝,馏分jowl脸颊,颊部,脸部,脸蛋
nounaudacity, boldness
Synonyms
lip嘴唇,唇部,唇,唇语brashness蛮横,野蛮行为,野蛮生长,蛮横无理brass黄铜,铜管,铜,黄铜色brazenness厚颜无耻,勇敢的精神,勇敢的人,勇敢chutzpah厚颜无耻,厚脸皮,厚颜,鲁莽confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖disrespect不尊重,不敬,不尊重他人,不尊重人effrontery媚俗,媚态,媚术,媚俗之心gall胆量,胆汁,勇气,胆impertinence无礼,无礼行为,不礼貌,无理取闹impudence厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆insolence非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为nerve胆量,胆识,胆子,胆大妄为者presumption推定,假设,假定,推断rudeness无礼,粗鲁,非礼,粗暴无礼sauce酱,酱汁,酱油,酱酱temerity暴躁,胆怯,诱惑力,暴躁不安

Examples

  • Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks.

  • Now in his early thirties, his cheeks are sunken from smoking too much hash.

  • They have putrid California grapes for eyes, puffed-out cheeks of spoiled plums, sweltered eggplant lips.

  • I could feel the fat of my cheeks trying to escape as she held me still to mark me with red lipstick.

  • Her eyes dart through oval, wire-rimmed glasses that rest gently on her round cheeks.

  • She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.

  • Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!

  • Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.

  • Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.

  • Then, of a sudden, the little colour faded from her cheeks again, and she seemed stricken with a silence.

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