Word · Frequency #2456
cheek
顶撞；对…无礼
To be impudent towards.
- 1.
To be impudent towards.
对......无礼。
- 2.
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
通过马勒的颊带将马头拉向马鞍。
- 3.
To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
将某物含在或保持在脸颊内。
把…含在嘴里；用颊缰勒马；对......无礼。；通过马勒的颊带将马头拉向马鞍。；将某物含在或保持在脸颊内。
In use
She always cheeks her teacher when she disagrees.
He cheeked his boss yesterday and got a warning.
The student was cheeking the substitute teacher during class.
Verb forms
base cheek · third person cheeks · -ing cheeking · past cheeked · past participle cheeked
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- cheek someone
- 对某人无礼；顶撞某人
- Don't cheek your mother; she's only trying to help.别顶撞你妈妈，她只是好意。
- cheek the teacher
- 顶撞老师
- He got detention for cheeking the teacher.他因为顶撞老师而被罚课后留校。
- cheek a horse
- 用颊缰勒马
- The rider cheeked the horse to bring it under control.骑手勒紧颊缰，让马安静下来。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cheek 本义是“脸颊”；联想鼓起脸颊顶撞人、或把东西含在脸颊里，都是 cheek 的动词用法。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：口语中顶撞、对…无礼、驯马时拉马头（马术用语）、把东西含在腮帮里 作动词时最常见的是非正式用法，多用于口语，表示“对…无礼/顶撞”；另有两个较专门的含义：马术中的“用颊缰拉马头”和日常的“把东西含在腮帮里”。整体语域混合，建议先掌握口语义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 cheek 拥有相同的 -eek/-eak 拼写和元音，互相押韵。注意 chick /tʃɪk/ 和 check /tʃek/ 形似但读音不同，不与 cheek 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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