cheek sb
动词后面直接跟人作宾语,中间不加介词,表示对某人无礼或当面顶撞某人。
Don't cheek your teacher, or you'll be in trouble.
别对老师无礼,否则你会惹上麻烦。
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。
对......无礼。
To be impudent towards.
通过马勒的颊带将马头拉向马鞍。
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
将某物含在或保持在脸颊内。
To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
一般现在时
She often cheeks her teachers.
她经常对老师出言不逊。
一般过去时
He cheeked the officer yesterday.
他昨天对军官出言不逊。
现在完成时
They have cheeked the manager before.
他们之前就对经理无礼过。
规则动词
She always cheeks her teacher when she disagrees.
她不同意时总是顶撞老师。
用法提示:谓语动词第三人称单数形式,表示一贯行为。
He cheeked his boss yesterday and got a warning.
他昨天顶撞了老板,收到了警告。
用法提示:过去时态,表示已发生的动作。
The student was cheeking the substitute teacher during class.
那个学生上课时一直在顶撞代课老师。
用法提示:过去进行时态,表示持续进行的动作。
动词后面直接跟人作宾语,中间不加介词,表示对某人无礼或当面顶撞某人。
Don't cheek your teacher, or you'll be in trouble.
别对老师无礼,否则你会惹上麻烦。
被动形式,主语是被顶撞的一方,by 后面接无礼的人。
The young referee was cheeked by the players all through the match.
整场比赛中,那位年轻裁判都遭到球员们的无礼顶撞。
这一用法表示把某物含在或留在腮帮子里,宾语是含着的物品。
He cheeked the coin so that no one would see it.
他把硬币含在腮帮子里,好让别人看不见。
sass 为非正式美语,强调用言语顶撞,语气比 cheek 更俏皮;在口语中常可与 cheek 互换,但 sass 通常指回话,而 cheek 也可指态度无礼。
talk back 侧重对长辈或上级的言语反驳,必须是针对对方话语的回应;cheek 不一定是回应具体话语,也可表示整体态度,且 talk back 多用于指责场合。
disrespect 语义更强、更正式,可涵盖言语、行为等任何不敬表现;cheek 语意较轻,主要指言语或态度上的轻慢,不涉及严重冒犯。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't cheek to your teacher.
正确表达Don't cheek your teacher.
cheek 作动词时是及物动词,后面直接跟人作宾语,不能再加介词 to。汉语“对老师无礼”里有“对”字,容易让人在英语里也补一个 to;这里要把 to 去掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子He always checks his teacher in class.
正确表达He always cheeks his teacher in class.
表示“顶撞、对……无礼”的动词是 cheek;check 的意思是“检查、核对”,两者拼写相近但词义不同。本句想说的是顶撞老师,所以要用 cheek。
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。
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。
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。
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