breast sth
The small boat breasted the waves and reached the shore.
小船迎着波浪前行,最终抵达岸边。
登顶;去胸脯肉;用胸部抵住;迎面相对,面对;到达(山丘或其他高地)的顶部。;去除胸肉
Push against with the chest; face or oppose something bravely.
文学/正式用语
用胸部抵住;迎面相对,面对
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
到达(山丘或其他高地)的顶部。
To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
去除胸肉
To debreast.
一般现在时
She breasts the finish line with determination.
她坚定地冲向终点线。
一般过去时
He breasted the wave and swam on.
他迎着波浪游了过去。
现在完成时
They have breasted the storm together.
他们一起挺过了风暴。
规则动词:以胸对着,面对
The swimmer breasted the waves with strong strokes.
游泳者用有力的划水动作破浪前进。
用法提示:动词breasted表示以胸对着波浪,即迎浪前进。
She breasted the strong wind as she walked along the cliff.
她沿着悬崖行走,迎着强风挺胸前行。
用法提示:动词breasted表示挺胸面对强风。
The team breasted the challenges and completed the project on time.
团队直面挑战,按时完成了项目。
用法提示:动词breasted表示勇敢面对挑战。
The small boat breasted the waves and reached the shore.
小船迎着波浪前行,最终抵达岸边。
grammar · medium
易错句子She breasted the baby every three hours.
正确表达She breastfed the baby every three hours.
breast 作动词时表示“用胸部抵挡、勇敢面对、登上……之顶”,并不表示“喂母乳”。汉语“乳房/喂奶”容易让学习者把 breast 的动词义误当成“哺乳”,而“喂母乳”在英语中是 breastfeed,过去式为 breastfed。
grammar · medium
易错句子They breasted against the strong wind.
正确表达They breasted the strong wind.
breast 作动词是及物动词,宾语直接跟在后面,不加介词。汉语“用胸部抵住/迎着”容易带出 against,但英语中 against 是多余的;修正时只删去 against,句意不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子He breast the waves and swam to shore.
正确表达He breasted the waves and swam to shore.
breast 是规则动词,过去式为 breasted。汉语动词没有时态变化,学习者容易忘记加 -ed 而直接沿用原形;这里叙述的是过去发生的事,须用过去式 breasted。
brave 侧重“鼓起勇气直面危险或困境”,多带褒义,宾语常是危险、风雨、批评等;breast 作“面对”时更书面、文学化,常与波浪、风、困难搭配,还可表示“登顶”,日常口语很少用它代替 brave。
face 是最通用的“面对”,宾语可以是人、事实或困难,口语和书面都常用;breast 表示“面对”时文学色彩强,常见于 breast the waves / breast the storm 这类搭配,普通语境下不应拿它替换 face。
abreast 是副词或形容词,常用于 keep abreast of,表示“并排”或“跟上最新情况”;breast 是动词,表示“迎击、面对”或“登顶”。两者拼写相近,但词性和意思都不同,不能把 keep abreast of 写成 keep breast of。
撞线(到达终点)
She breasted the tape in record time.
她以创纪录的时间撞线。
登顶;到达山顶
We finally breasted the hill after a long climb.
经过长时间攀登,我们终于登上了山顶。
逆流而上;顶着水流
The swimmer struggled to breast the strong current.
那名游泳者奋力顶着湍急的水流。
迎着风暴;勇敢面对困境
The ship breasted the storm and reached port safely.
那艘船迎着风暴,安全抵达港口。
breast 作动词可表示登上山丘顶部,hill 是常见搭配对象。
breast 的动作目标是到达 summit。
攀登过程中常需跨越山脊,与 breast 的地形场景相关。
山坡是攀爬动作发生的地形。
climb 是与 breast 表示“登上高处”相关的动作。
坦白承认;和盘托出
He finally made a clean breast of his mistake.
他终于坦白承认了自己的错误。
捶胸顿足;表现出懊悔
Instead of beating your breast, just fix the problem.
与其捶胸顿足,不如去解决问题。
冲线;跑完全程
She breasted the tape in record time.
她以创纪录的成绩冲线。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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