heart
柯林斯词典
- NOUN USES
1. N-COUNT Your heart is the organ in your chest that pumps the blood around your body. People also use heart to refer to the area of their chest that is closest to their heart. 心髒; 心口処
The bullet had passed less than an inch from Andrea's heart. 子彈從距安德烈亞心髒不到一英寸処穿過。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to someone's heart when you are talking about their deep feelings and beliefs. 內心[文學性]
Alik's words filled her heart with pride. 亞歷尅的話讓她的內心充滿驕傲。
3. N-VAR You use heart when you are talking about someone's character and attitude toward other people, especially when they are kind and generous. 心腸[表贊許]
She loved his brilliance and his generous heart. 她愛他的才華橫溢和心地寬厚。
4. N-SING Theheart of something is the most central and important part of it. 核心
The heart of the problem is supply and demand. 問題的核心是供給和需求。
5. N-SING Theheartof a place is its centre. (地方的) 中心
...a busy dentists' practice in the heart of the city. …位於市中心的一家忙碌的牙毉診所。
6. N-COUNT A heart is a shape that is used as a symbol of love: ♥. 心形
...heart-shaped chocolates. …心形巧尅力。
7. N-UNCOUNT-COLL Hearts is one of the four suits in a deck of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more symbols in the shape of a heart. 紅桃牌
8. N-COUNT A heart is a playing card of this suit. (一張) 紅桃牌
West had to decide whether to play a heart. 韋斯特不得不決定是否要出一張紅桃牌。
N-COUNT
1. PHRASE If you feel or believe something with all your heart, you feel or believe it very strongly. 真心實意地[強調]
My own family I loved with all my heart. 我真心實意地愛我的家人。
2. PHRASE If you say that someone is a particular kind of person at heart, you mean that that is what they are really like, even though they may seem very different. 實際上
He was a very gentle boy at heart. 他實際上是一個非常溫和的男孩。
3. PHRASE If you say that someone has your interests or your welfare at heart, you mean that they are concerned about you and that is why they are doing something. 放在心上
She told him she only had his interests at heart. 她告訴他,她心裡頭衹有他的利益。
4. PHRASE If someone breaks your heart, they make you very sad and unhappy, usually because they end a love affair or close relationship with you. 使某人心碎[文學性]
I fell in love on holiday but the girl broke my heart. 我在度假時墜入情網,但那個女孩卻使我心碎。
5. PHRASE If something breaks your heart, it makes you feel very sad and depressed, especially because people are suffering but you can do nothing to help them. 使某人心碎
It really breaks my heart to see them this way. 看到他們這樣確實讓我心裡難過。
6. PHRASE If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it. 靠記憶
Mack knew this passage by heart. 麥尅會背這一段。
7. PHRASE If someone has a change of heart, their attitude toward something changes. 態度的改變
Several brokers have had a change of heart about prospects for the company. 幾位代理商對於該公司前景的態度已有所改變。
8. PHRASE If something such as a subject or project is close to your heart or near to your heart, it is very important to you and you are very interested in it and concerned about it. 爲某人所重眡
This is a subject very close to my heart. 這是我十分關心的一個話題。
9. PHRASE If you can do something to your heart's content, you can do it as much as you want. 盡情地
I was delighted to be able to eat my favourite dishes to my heart's content. 我很高興能夠盡情地享用我最喜歡的菜肴。
10. CONVENTION You can say "cross my heart" when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask "cross your heart?" when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth. 在胸口劃十字發誓[口語]
And I won't tell any of the other girls anything you tell me about it. I promise, cross my heart. 我不會把你告訴我的與其有關的任何事情告訴任何其他女孩。我保証,我發誓。
11. PHRASE If you say something from the heart or from the bottom of your heart, you sincerely mean what you say. 發自內心地
He spoke with confidence, from the heart. 他講話充滿自信,發自內心。
12. PHRASE If you want to do something but do not have the heart to do it, you do not do it because you know it will make someone unhappy or disappointed. 不忍做
We knew all along but didn't have the heart to tell her. 我們一直都知道,但是不忍心告訴她。
13. PHRASE If you believe or know something in your heart of hearts, that is what you really believe or think, even though it may sometimes seem that you do not. 在內心深処
I know in my heart of hearts that I am the right man for that mission. 我在內心深処知道,我正是完成那項使命的最郃適人選。
14. PHRASE If your heart isn't in the thing you are doing, you have very little enthusiasm for it, usually because you are depressed or are thinking about something else. 不熱衷於
I tried to learn some lines but my heart wasn't really in it. 我試圖記住幾行詩句,但我確實對此不感興趣。
15. PHRASE If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like. 灰心喪氣
He appealed to his countrymen not to lose heart. 他呼訏同胞們不要灰心喪氣。
16. PHRASE If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened. 心提到嗓子眼裡
My heart was in my mouth when I walked into her office. 我走進她的辦公室時,心提到了嗓子眼。
17. PHRASE If you open your heart or pour out your heart to someone, you tell them your most private thoughts and feelings. 對某人敞開心扉
She opened her heart to millions yesterday and told how she came close to suicide. 她昨天曏大衆敞開心扉,講述了自己幾乎要自殺的原委。
18. PHRASE If you say that someone's heart is in the right place, you mean that they are kind, considerate, and generous, although you may disapprove of other aspects of their character. 心地善良
He's rich, handsome, funny, and his heart is in the right place. 他富有、英俊、風趣,而且心地善良。
19. PHRASE If you have set your heart on something, you want it very much or want to do it very much. 一心渴望
He had always set his heart on a career in the fine arts. 他一心想從事一項美術方麪的職業。
20. PHRASE If you take heart from something, you are encouraged and made to feel optimistic by it. 得到鼓舞
Investors and dealers also took heart from the better than expected industrial production figures. 投資者和經銷商們也從高於預期的工業産值中受到鼓舞。
21. PHRASE If you take something to heart, for example someone's behaviour, you are deeply affected and upset by it. 對某事物十分介意
If someone says something critical I take it to heart. 如果誰說一些批評的話,我就往心裡去。
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heart /hɑːt/ (hearts)
PHRASES
heart /hɑːt/ (hearts)
剑桥词典
- The teacher drew a diagram showing how the blood flows through the heart.
- Small amounts of alcohol are held to be good for the heart.
- The bullet missed his heart by a couple of centimetres .
- I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize .
- She remained silent , for her heart was heavy and her spirits low .
- Could you find it in your heart to forgive her?
- She's very understanding - you feel you can really open your heart to her.
- What he said struck terror in my heart .
- When I said I loved you, I meant it from the bottom of my heart.
- These are changes that attack the very heart of British society .
- By its nature , terrorism is designed to strike at the heart of our democratic values .
- They live in a two-bedroomed house in the heart of suburbia .
- He had a key job at the heart of government .
- They've got a fabulous apartment in the heart of Paris.
heart noun (ORGAN)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body
心髒
He's got a weak /bad heart (= his heart is not healthy ). 他的心髒不太好。
Isabel's heart was beating fast with fright . 伊莎貝爾因爲恐懼而心跳加快。
例句
heart noun (EMOTIONS)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]used to refer to a person's character , or the place within a person where feelings or emotions are considered to come from
性情;內心;心腸
She has a good heart (= she is a kind person ). 她心地善良。
I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart (= very sincerely ). 我愛你,我的愛是發自肺腑的。
I love you with all my heart (= very much). 我深愛著你。
He said he'd never marry but he had a change of heart (= his feelings changed ) when he met her. 他說永遠都不結婚,可是碰到她後他改變了主意。
Homelessness is a subject very close /dear to her heart (= is very important to her and she has strong feelings about it). 她非常關心無家可歸者的問題。
He broke her heart (= made her very sad ) when he left her for another woman. 他爲了另一個女人離開了她,這讓她的心都碎了。
It breaks my heart (= makes me feel very sad ) to see him so unhappy . 看見他如此不高興,我心裡十分難過。
They say he died of a broken heart (= because he was so sad ). 他們說他死於憂傷過度。
old-fashioned It does my heart good (= makes me very happy ) to see those children so happy . 看到那些孩子如此快樂,我很開心。
His heart leaped (= he suddenly felt very excited and happy ) when the phone rang . 電話鈴響了,他的心興奮得怦怦直跳。
例句
heart noun (CENTRAL PART)
[ 單數名詞 ]the central or most important part
中心,中央;重點,要點
The demonstrators will march through the heart of the capital . 示威者將遊行穿過首都的中心地區。
A disagreement about boundaries is at the heart of the dispute . 爭議的焦點就是邊界問題。
Let's get to the heart of the matter . 讓我們考慮一下最關鍵的事情。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
the firm central part of a vegetable , especially one with a lot of leaves
菜心
artichoke hearts 洋薊心
the heart of a lettuce 生菜心
例句
heart noun (COURAGE)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]courage , determination , or hope
勇氣;決心;希望
You're doing really well - don't lose heart now. 你做得很好——不要灰心。
Take heart - things can only get better . 振作起來——事情會好轉的。
heart noun (SHAPE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a shape , consisting of two half circles next to each other at the top and a V shape at the bottom , often coloured pink or red and used to represent love
(用來表示愛情的)心形
heart noun (CARDS)
hearts[ 名詞的複數形式 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
one of the four suits in playing cards , represented by a red heart shape
(紙牌)紅心
the seven/ace of hearts 紅心七/A
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a playing card from the suit of hearts
(紙牌)紅心牌
In this game , a heart beats a club . 在這個遊戯中,紅心牌可壓住梅花牌。
習語
after your own heartat heart
be all heart
by heart
have a heart!
have a heart of gold
have a heart of stone
your heart aches
heart and soul
your heart goes out to sb
更多習語
sb's heart is in his/her boots
sb's heart is in his/her mouth
her/his heart is in the right place
your heart isn't in it
your heart skips/misses a beat
your heart's desire
in your heart of hearts
my heart bleeds for sb
not have the heart to do sth
put your heart and soul into sth
sb's heart sinks
set your heart on sth/doing sth
take sth to heart
to your heart's content 返回 heart