| 胸 | 714C50 42A.50-9 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄒㄩㄥ [xiong1] | ||
| N. | (1) The chest, the thorax: 胸部，胸腔 [xiong1bu4], [xiong1qiang1]↓; 撫胸 beat the breast (chest); 雞胸 pigeon breast, a rickety disease. (2) Woman's breast: 露胸，坦胸露乳 go topless, bare breast; 隆胸 full bosom; 平胸 flat-chest (-ed). (3) Degree of generosity, capacity for greatness, tolerance, largeness of view: 心胸 see 胸襟，胸懷 [xiong1jin1]2, [xiong1huai2]↓; 胸有成竹 phr., allu., having ready plans to meet a situation; 胸無點墨 completely illiterate; 胸無大志 with no ambition at all; 胸懷狹窄 narrow-minded; 胸中一塊石頭落地 as if a great burden had been taken off one's mind; 胸中甲兵 said of armchair strategist; 胸中鱗甲 vicious (“chest of scales and armor,” like a reptile's); 胸中丘壑 what is seen by the mind and imagination; 胸呼吸 costal respiration, breathing by rib motion. | |||||
| Words | 1. 胸部 [xiong1bu4], n., the chest. 2. 胸腔 [xiong1qiang1], n., the chest cavity, see [xiong1kuo4]↓. 3. 胸牆 [xiong1qiang2], n., (mil.) breastwork. 4. 胸鰭 [xiong1qi2], n., pectorial fin. 5. 胸腹 [xiong1fu4], n., “chest and belly,” (fig.) like Eng. “belly,” the vulnerable spot of enemy territory. 6. 胸管 [xiong1guan3], n., (physiol.) the thorax. 7. 胸骨 [xiong1gu3], n., breastbone. 8. 胸花 [xiong1hua1], n., corsage. 9. 胸懷 [xiong1huai2], n., man's breadth of mind, capacity for rising above trivialities: 胸懷豁達 open-minded, having a large view or breadth of mind (also 胸襟). 10. 胸針 [xiong1zhen1], n., brooch. 11. 胸肌 [xiong1ji1], n., (physiol.) (1) chest muscles; (2) transversal muscles of the thorax which help breathing. 12. 胸甲類 [xiong1jia3lei4], n., (zoo.) Thoracostraca, certain crustacean animals (like crabs, shrimp) with chest formations of various shapes. 13. 胸筋 [xiong1jin1]1, n., see [xiong1ji1]↑. 14. 胸襟 [xiong1jin1]2, n., see [xiong1huai2]↑. 15. 胸椎 [xiong1zhui1], n., thoracic vertebrae. 16. 胸口 [xiong1kou3], n., the center of chest. 17. 胸廓 [xiong1kuo4], n., (physiol.) the thorax. 18. 胸肋膜 [xiong1lei4mo2], n., (physiol.) pleura of chest. 19. 胸毛 [xiong1mao2], n., chest hair. 20. 胸膜炎 [xiong1mo4yan2], n., pleuritis. 21. 胸脯 [xiong1pu3], n., chest: 挺起胸脯 throw out one's chest, (fig.) show courage in the face of danger. 22. 胸腺 [xiong1xian4], n., (physiol.) the thymus gland. 23. 胸像 [xiong1xiang4], n., sculpture or portrait of bust. 24. 胸膛 [xiong1tang2], n., see [xiong1pu3]↑. 25. 胸次 [xiong1ci4], n., see [xiong1huai2]↑. 26. 胸圍 [xiong1wei2], n., chest circumference. 27. 胸衣 [xiong1yi1], n., brassiere (usu. called 奶罩). 28. 胸臆 [xiong1yi4], n., one's feelings, heart; see [xiong1huai2]↑. 29. 胸宇 [xiong1yU3], n., (LL) see [xiong1huai2]↑. | |||||