cheek/tʃiːk/

n

1. C 面颊

• a girl with rosy cheeks 面颊红润的女孩

2. U，用作单 无礼而放肆的行为；厚脸皮

• None(或No more) of your cheek! 别无礼!

• He had the cheek to ask me to do his work for him. 他竟厚颜无耻到让我替他做他那份工作。

3. C 非正式 臀部

词组cheek by jowl(with)

1. (和…)紧紧靠着

• The people are packed in there cheek by jowl. 人们在那里挤得水泄不通。

2. (和…)亲密无间

• They could never adjust to living cheek by jowl with their neighbours. 他们同邻居的关系总不能搞得亲密无间。

turn the other cheek 甘受侮辱