詞彙精選：chest的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
胸部，胸膛
例句：
Automobile injuries constitute the most common cause for blunt chest injury.
汽車撞傷是構成鈍性胸部傷的最常見原因。
例句：
He had an excited lost feeling in the pit of his chest.
他胸膛裏涌起了一陣激動而又不知所措的感覺。
大箱子，大櫃子
例句：
If that chest were open, or if it could speak, it might let us into his whole history.
要是能把那隻箱子打開，要是箱子能說話，它就會幫助咱們瞭解他的底細。
例句：
Help me to lift the chest up on the table.
幫我把這個箱子搭到桌子上。
金庫
例句：
I feel like I found a treasure chest.
我覺得好像我找到了一個金庫。
例句：
Where's the king's chest.
國王的金庫在哪裏？
二、詞義辨析：
breast,bosom,chest
這些名詞均含“胸，胸部”之意。breast指人或動物的胸部或胸部的前面，也指男人或女人的乳房。bosom文學用詞，與breast同義，特指女性的乳房，也可用作比喻。chest指胸膛，即肋骨所包圍的部分。
三、相關短語：
chest of drawers
n.五斗櫃,衣櫃
war chest
n.戰爭基金,(爲競爭等)籌措資金
chest pain
胸痛
community chest
募集的救濟基金，募集救濟基金
ice chest
冰櫃，冰庫，冰箱，冷箱
medicine chest
藥箱
steam chest
蒸汽室，蒸汽箱
tea chest
n.茶葉箱
tool chest
n.(=toolbox)工具箱
hope chest
n. (未婚女子貯存嫁妝用的)嫁妝箱
chest cavity
胸腔
chest protector
護胸
四、參考例句：
Dick is beating his chest.
迪克正在拍打胸部。
He dragged the heavy chest across the floor.
他在地板上拉著沉重的箱子。
We have chest tightness, thirst, dizziness and nausea.
我們感到胸悶、口渴、眩暈和噁心。
Help me to lift the chest up on the table.
幫我把這個箱子搭到桌子上。
Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
呼氣，膝部放鬆向胸部靠攏。
The hospital advised an analgesic for chest and shoulder pains.
醫院建議用止痛藥治療胸部和肩部疼痛。
Help me lift the chest up on the table.
幫我把這個箱子搭到桌子上。
His chest stuck out when he breathed in deeply.
當他深呼吸時，胸部突了出來。
Let me listen to your chest with the stethoscope.
讓我用聽診器聽聽你的胸部。
The doctor is sounding a patient's chest now.
醫生現正叩診檢查一名患者的胸部。
