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单词 cheek
释义
cheek1 nouncheek2 verb
cheekcheek1 /tʃiːk/ ●●● W3 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcheek
Origin:
Old English ceace
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I kissed Mom on the cheek and said good night.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A gentle touch on her cheek, then her arm.
  • Her eyes drifted from his face to the smoothly muscled shoulder near her cheek.
  • She showed me his face, pinching his cheeks, and offered him.
  • The light from the window spilled along her cheek and lips, and made a dazzling star in her glass.
  • The woman stopped crying, although her shoulders continued to heave, and her cheeks were still wet with tears.
  • There was smeared blood at the corner of his mouth, a grassy bruise on his cheek.
  • You could toast the bread on your cheeks.
word sets
WORD SETS
AB, nounabdomen, nounaccommodation, nounAchilles tendon, nounAdam's apple, nounadaptation, nounadenoids, nounadrenalin, nounairway, nounambidextrous, adjectiveanatomical, adjectiveankle, nounantibody, nounantigen, nounanus, nounanvil, nounaorta, nounappendix, nounarch, nounarmpit, nounarterial, adjectiveartery, nounatrium, nounbaby tooth, nounback, nounbackbone, nounbandy, adjectivebarrel-chested, adjectivebeat, verbbelly, nounbelly button, nounbicep, nounbig toe, nounbikini line, nounbile, nounbiological clock, nounbiorhythms, nounbiped, nounbladder, nounblind spot, nounblink, verbblink, nounblood count, nounblood group, nounblood pressure, nounbloodstream, nounblood type, nounblood vessel, nounBO, nounbody clock, nounbody odour, nounbone, nounbone marrow, nounbowel, nounbow legs, nounbrain, nounbrainwave, nounbreast, nounbreastbone, nounbristly, adjectivebronchial, adjectivebronchial tube, nounbrow, nounbuck teeth, nounbullnecked, adjectiveburp, verbbust, nounbuttock, nouncanine, nouncapillary, nouncardiac, adjectivecardio-, prefixcardiovascular, adjectivecarotid artery, nouncartilage, nouncentral nervous system, nouncerebellum, nouncerebral, adjectivecervical, adjectivecervix, nounchamber, nounchange of life, nouncheek, nouncheekbone, nounchest, nounchin, nouncirculation, nounclavicle, nouncleavage, nounclitoris, nounclose-set, adjectivecoccyx, nouncochlea, nouncock, nouncollarbone, nouncolon, nouncolour, nouncolour-blind, adjectiveconception, nouncone, nounconnective tissue, nouncoordination, nouncornea, nouncortex, nouncough, verbcough, nouncowlick, nouncranium, nouncrook, verbcrotch, nouncrow's feet, nouncrutch, nouncry, verbcuticle, noundandruff, noundeep-set, adjectivedefecate, verbdefence mechanism, noundental, adjectivedentine, nounderrière, noundiaphragm, noundigit, noundigital, adjectivedimple, noundisc, noundominant, adjectivedouble-jointed, adjectivedribble, verbdrool, verbduct, nounduodenum, nounear, nouneardrum, nounearhole, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbelbow, nounenamel, nounendocrine, adjectiveentrails, nounepidermis, nounepiglottis, nounerect, adjectiveerection, nounerogenous zone, nounexcrement, nounexcreta, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexpectorate, verbextremity, nouneye, nouneyebrow, nouneyelash, nouneyelid, nouneyesight, nouneye tooth, nounface, nounfallopian tube, nounfart, verbfart, nounfemur, nounfibre, nounfibula, nounfigure, nounfingernail, nounfingertip, nounfist, nounfive o'clock shadow, nounflat-chested, adjectivefoetal position, nounfolic acid, nounfollicle, nounforearm, nounforefinger, nounforehead, nounforeskin, nounframe, nounfunny bone, noungall bladder, noungallstone, noungastric, adjectivegenital, adjectivegenitals, noungland, nounglottis, noungonad, noungrey matter, noungroin, nounG-spot, noungullet, noungum, nounhair, nounhairless, adjectivehairy, adjectivehammer, nounhamstring, nounhand, nounhand-eye co-ordination, nounhandlebar moustache, nounhead, nounheart, nounheel, nounhiccup, nounhiccup, verbhip, nounHomo sapiens, nounhumerus, nounhymen, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nouninbred, adjectiveincisor, nounindex finger, nouninherit, verbinstep, nounintestine, nounin vitro fertilization, nouniris, nounIVF, nounjaw, nounjawbone, nounjowl, nounkidney, nounknee, nounknee cap, nounknuckle, nounlap, nounlarge intestine, nounlarynx, nounlash, nounlaugh lines, nounlaughter lines, nounleft-handed, adjectivelefty, nounlens, nounlid, nounlifeblood, nounligament, nounlip, nounlittle finger, nounliver, nounlobe, nounlong-sighted, adjectivelumbar, adjectivelung, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmammary, adjectivemammary gland, nounmanual, adjectivemarrow, nounmasticate, verbmatrix, nounmelanin, nounmelatonin, nounmember, nounmenopause, nounmenses, nounmenstrual, adjectivemenstrual period, nounmenstruate, verbmiddle ear, nounmiddle finger, nounmidget, nounmidriff, nounmilk tooth, nounmind, nounmolar, nounmucous membrane, nounmuscle, nounnail, nounnape, nounnasal, adjectivenavel, nounnervous, adjectiveneurology, nounneuron, nounniacin, nounnipple, nounnode, nounnodule, nounnostril, nounocular, adjectiveoesophagus, nounoral, adjectiveovary, nounoverbite, nounoviduct, nounpalate, nounpalm, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpancreas, nounpassage, nounpatella, nounpectorals, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenetrate, verbpepsin, nounperiod, nounperiod pain, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphallus, nounpharynx, nounphlegm, nounphysical, adjectivephysiognomy, nounphysiology, nounphysique, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepit, nounpituitary, nounplacenta, nounplasma, nounplatelet, nounpore, nounpotbelly, nounpremenstrual, adjectiveprepubescent, adjectivepressure point, nounprimal, adjectiveprivate parts, nounprognathous, adjectiveprostate, nounpuberty, nounpubescent, adjectivepubic, adjectivepudendum, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulse, nounpupil, nounquad, nounquadruplet, nounquin, nounquintuplet, nounradius, nounreceptor, nounrecessive, adjectiverectal, adjectiverectum, nounred blood cell, nounREM sleep, nounrenal, adjectiveretina, nounRhesus factor, nounRH factor, nounrib, nounrib cage, nounright, adjectiveright-handed, adjectiveright-hander, nounrigor mortis, nounring finger, nounrod, nounRoman nose, nounround-shouldered, adjectiverun, verbsalivary gland, nounsallow, adjectivescalp, nounscaly, adjectivescapula, nounsciatic, adjectivescrotum, nounsemen, nounseminal, adjectivesense, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectivesextuplet, nounshank, nounshin, nounshinbone, nounshoulder, nounshoulder blade, nounside, nounsinew, nounsinus, nounskeletal, adjectiveskull, nounsleep, verbsleep, nounsmall intestine, nounsneeze, verbsneeze, nounsnub nose, nounsnub-nosed, adjectivesoft palate, nounsolar plexus, nounsole, nounsphincter, nounspinal, adjectivespinal column, nounspine, nounspit, verbspit, nounspittle, nounspleen, nounspotty, adjectivesputum, nounsternum, nounsteroid, nounstirrup, nounstomach, nounstool, nounstubble, nounsubcutaneous, adjectivesuck, verbsuckle, verbsuckling, nounsweat gland, nounsystem, nountailbone, nountan, verbtan, nountanned, adjectivetarsus, nountartar, nountaste bud, nountear, nounteardrop, nounteat, nountemple, nountendon, nountestes, nountesticle, nountestis, nountestosterone, nounthickset, adjectivethigh, nounthorax, nounthroat, nounthumb, nounthumbnail, nounthyroid, nountibia, nounticklish, adjectivetoe, nountoenail, nountongue, nountonsil, nountooth, nountorso, nountouch, nountrachea, nountriceps, nountrunk, nountympanum, nounulna, nounumbilical cord, nounurethra, nounuterus, nounuvula, nounvagina, nounvascular, adjectivevein, nounvenous, adjectiveventricle, nounvessel, nounvestibule, nounvital, adjectivevocal cords, nounvoice box, nounvulva, nounwaist, nounwall-eyed, adjectivewax, nounwhite, nounwhite blood cell, nounwindpipe, nounwisdom tooth, nounwomb, nounwrinkle, verbwrist, nounyawn, verbyawn, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a red-cheeked plump old fellow
 She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
 It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
 What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Her cheeks were flushed, her expression angry.
(=to kiss someone on their cheek etc)· Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
 He gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
 the kids' rosy cheeks
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The heavy brown head lolled a flushed cheek on the red cushion that supported his bandaged shoulder.· I won't remember it, thought Fenella, leaning her flushed cheek against the cold window.· And when she reached her room Lucy told herself her flushed cheeks were merely the result of the climb up the slope.
· Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.· White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.· Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
· A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.· It was a small piece of shrapnel, but it did a number on the left cheek of my hind end.· The scars on his left cheek seeped a pale blood.· He has a possible mole on his left cheek and was wearing a beret.· But his second, which caromed off my left cheek and opened it like a zipper, was just as bad.· Did you spot that tiny patch of freckles on her left cheek?· He ran home, blood trickling down his left cheek.
· Smaller than Levant Sparrowhawk, with pale cheeks, pale tail and brown on neck.· I reached out to touch its pale cheek.· His pale cheeks had taken on a ruddy glow.· His only movement was in the tears which crept down his pale cheeks.
· She had always had pink in her cheeks and soft rose on her lips.· Their appearance may not be one of illness because of these pink cheeks.· A pang of conscience sent a light wash of pink into her cheeks.
· It was a thin, elegant face with bright spots of red on the cheeks, like a painted lady.· The fifth day of every month he got his Red Cross cheek.· They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk.· Tekla, the dark-eyed young Gentile woman with red cheeks, brought us tea and rock-hard kichel.· His eyes were red, his cheeks wet with tears.· She hummed quite happily again, her two red cheeks exuding her interrupted cheerfulness.· Her eyes were not so red, her cheeks blooming like roses.· He was a stocky boy of middle height, with blue eyes, a bristling crew cut, and red cheeks.
· The man ducked, weaving to his left so that Trent's fist caught him high on the right cheek.· Small contusion on the right cheek as well.· He had fallen and lain with his right cheek pressed into the wet leaves.· In return Jaq had received a new electro-tattoo, imprinted on to his right cheek by Carnelian.
· Billy Brown had rosy cheeks, blue eyes and smiled all the time.· Carefully paint eyes, a nose, a mouth and rosy cheeks on to the pixie's face.· Her own rosy cheeks were so countrified.
VERB
· When he brushed his cheek against hers or supported her waist in multiple pirouettes the sensual heat was unmissable.· The great thick braid of spun metal hung over her shoulder, and brushed his cheek as she leaned over him.· A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom, its legs brushing her cheek.· Death had brushed Dustin's cheek twice, threatening to take him first by fire and secondly by a bomb.· The rough tweed of his jacket brushed her cheek and she caught the scent of soap and his aftershave.· A rough chin brushing his cheek.· Michele's lips brushed first one cheek then the other, his tongue-tip gathering the twin tears.· No sigh of wind brushed David's cheek in the silence.
· As she began each one, Mum's words came back to her and she felt her cheeks growing hot.· Robbie felt her cheeks flush scarlet and she looked about her in angry embarrassment.· He could feel his cheeks bulging like hot balloons.· Léonie felt her cheeks go red.· She felt her cheeks pale just at the thought of it.· She felt her cheeks flush with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.
· A tide of red flooded her cheeks.
· My skin crawled; anger flushed my neck and cheeks.
· They kissed her, one cheek each, and departed softly in their pink felt bedroom slippers.· Then he kissed him on the cheek.· He had moved to kiss my mouth, but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek.· He kissed her on the cheek and went to his bedroom.· The chorus girls kissed him on the cheek for gratitude and the men smiled and said thank you.· I was escorted to my hotel by Hansi and he kissed my cheek.· Parr, in grey slacks and sports jacket, kissed her on the cheek and came into the kitchen.
· He pecked her on the cheek.
· She reached over and pinched his cheeks.· Then he shook Changez's hand twice and pinched his cheeks.· Life has to pinch your cheeks hard to make you happy.· Shop assistants abandon customers to pinch its cheek.· She showed me his face, pinching his cheeks, and offered him.· She demonstrated her dexterity by managing to pinch my cheek while wearing elbow-length white gloves.· He pinched Converse on the cheek.
· She held Tom close and pressed her cheek to his.· When she inhales, her skin presses upward against his cheek and ear.· She turned her head away from the hissing shadow and pressed her cheek to the wall.· I press my cheek against its cool surface.· He presses her cheek with his palm.
· Her eyes dropped once more to the boxer shorts as embarrassed colour rose to her cheeks.· Paula said, a faint rose appearing on her cheeks.· Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks.· A bit of color rose in her cheeks.
· Tears filled her eyes; they rolled down her cheeks and dropped from her chin.· Sometimes when this is whispered in the ears of those near death, tears roll down their cheeks.· Two tears rolled down his cheeks, followed by sniffs and heaves of the narrow chest.· He smiled, sensing an odd happiness welling up in her, even though tears began to roll down her cheeks.· Tears were rolling down my cheeks.· The sweat was rolling down his cheek on to his collar.· Hot, bitter tears rolled down her cheeks, and with them came back the noise of the street.· And at that moment Ed sat up in the bed, looking straight ahead, a tear rolling down his cheek.
· Katherine rubbed her cheek where the pain had been.· She reached out to Connie and rubbed his cheek slowly and solemnly.· She pulled one from its hanger and rubbed it against her cheek, her eyes closed.· He pretended to rub the oft-offended cheek, and everyone laughed as Sabina grinned and went back to Mel.· Thought of fat Goldberg shuffling round the glass in the little room, rubbing his unshaven cheeks, wheezing.· The tack adds to this by rubbing the cheek against the sharp teeth.
· At that distance Adam couldn't see the scar that ran down Kaas' cheek.· I feel warm tears running down my cheeks.· Tears ran down his cheeks, but that was because his eyes couldn't blink.· The tears were running down his cheeks.· I thought I managed very well considering that tears were running down my cheeks most of the time.· Tears must not be allowed to fill their eyes and under no circumstances run down their cheeks.· In the mirror David saw the scratches for the first time: three gouges running down his left cheek.
· Tears were streaming down his black cheeks.· She held it in her palm and gazed at it, as if stricken, tears streaming down her cheeks.
· However, by patient wheedling and soft talk I managed to touch her and gently stroked her cheek with one finger.· I stroke her lifeless cheek, and as I do the deep purple bruises seem to fade a little.· She was stroking Louis's cheek and whispering to him reassuringly.· Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage.· When he rolled away from her, she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek.
· She watched his hand approach her face, felt it touch her cheek.· He liked being next to her; he felt all the possibilities returning when he touched her cheek with his finger.· Prominent projections of the bones can become sore to touch, especially the cheek bones.· I reached up and touched his cheek.· He was sleeping with one arm encircling his head, small podge of fingers just touching his cheek.· With his other hand, he touched her cheek.· I lay my head beside him, touching one cheek to him and the other to Clarisa.
· When she turned round, her cheeks were fat as balloons, fit to burst.· Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek.· The city turns a seamed cheek upward, confides itself to the sound and hazardous construction of a journey by starlight.· No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.· Nicandra threw an arm out over the bedclothes and turned her cheek fiercely into the pillow.· Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek.· Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The farmers live cheek by jowl with the pits that are shutting down.
  • The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered, and suddenly she knew the reason for the party.
  • It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone insults you.
  • Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
  • 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.
  • Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek.
  • They spent the evening dancing cheek to cheek.
  • Couples were dancing, slowly, cheek to cheek, by the pool.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESthe colour/blood drains from somebody’s face/cheeks
  • A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
  • Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
  • His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
  • Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
  • The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
  • White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
  • He pecked her on the cheek.
  • Gillespie's cheeks puffed out as he blew into his bent-bell trumpet.
put the roses back in somebody’s cheeksblood rushes to somebody’s face/cheeksgive somebody a smack on the lips/cheek
  • Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
  • Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
  • No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
  • The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
  • The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
1[countable] the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes:  Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek. Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes. her tear-stained cheeks Julie’s cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc a red-cheeked plump old fellow2[singular, uncountable] British English disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority:  I’ve had enough of your cheek.have the cheek to do something He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction. She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants. It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money. What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!3cheek by jowl (with somebody/something) very close to someone or something else:  an expensive French restaurant cheek by jowl with a cheap clothes shop4turn the other cheek to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you5cheek to cheek if two people dance cheek to cheek, they dance very close to each other in a romantic way6[countable] informal one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom SYN  buttock tongue in cheek at tongue1(6), → tongue-in-cheek
cheek1 nouncheek2 verb
cheekcheek2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
cheek
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycheek
he, she, itcheeks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycheeked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave cheeked
he, she, ithas cheeked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad cheeked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill cheek
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have cheeked
Continuous Form
PresentIam cheeking
he, she, itis cheeking
you, we, theyare cheeking
PastI, he, she, itwas cheeking
you, we, theywere cheeking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been cheeking
he, she, ithas been cheeking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been cheeking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be cheeking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been cheeking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Bernadette had been sacked for cheeking the nurse.
  • They all have to go through it, cheeking the cops.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Her cheeks were flushed, her expression angry.
(=to kiss someone on their cheek etc)· Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
 He gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
 the kids' rosy cheeks
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIESthe colour/blood drains from somebody’s face/cheeks
  • A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
  • Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
  • His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
  • Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
  • The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
  • White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
  • He pecked her on the cheek.
  • Gillespie's cheeks puffed out as he blew into his bent-bell trumpet.
put the roses back in somebody’s cheeksblood rushes to somebody’s face/cheeksgive somebody a smack on the lips/cheek
  • Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
  • Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
  • No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
  • The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
  • The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
British English to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents SYN sass American English:  You can cheek some teachers and they just don’t do anything.
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