cheek

US: /ˈtʃik/
UK: /t‍ʃˈiːk/

English Vietnamese dictionary

cheek /tʃi:k/
  • danh từ
    • má
      • a rosy cheek: má hồng
    • sự táo tợn, sự cả gan; thói trơ tráo, tính không biết xấu hổ
      • to have a cheek to do something: táo tợn làm việc gì, mặt dạn mày dày làm việc gì
      • what cheek!: đồ không biết xấu hổ!
    • lời nói láo xược, lời nói vô lễ
      • no more of your cheek!: im ngay cái lối ăn nói láo xược ấy đi!; hỗn vừa chứ!
    • thanh má, thanh đứng (của khung cửa)
    • (số nhiều) má (kìm, ròng rọc, êtô)
    • cheek by jowl
      • vai kề vai; thân thiết với nhau, tớ tớ mình mình, mày mày tao tao
    • to one's own cheek
      • cho riêng mình không chia xẻ với ai cả
    • to speak with (to have) one's tongue in one's cheek
      • không thành thật, giả dối
    • chế nhạo, nhạo báng
    • ngoại động từ
      • láo xược với (ai), hỗn xược với (ai)

    Advanced English dictionary

    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 [C] either side of the face below the eyes: chubby / rosy / pink cheeks + He kissed her on both cheeks. + Couples were dancing cheek to cheek.
    2 (-cheeked) (in adjectives) having the type of cheeks mentioned: chubby-cheeked / rosy-cheeked / hollow-cheeked
    3 [C] (informal) either of the BUTTOCKS
    4 [U, sing.] (BrE) talk or behaviour that people think is annoying, rude or lacking in respect: What a cheek! + He had the cheek to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them. + I think they've got a cheek making you pay to park the car.
    Idioms: cheek by jowl (with sb/sth) very close to sb/sth: The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered.
    turn the other cheek to make a deliberate decision to remain calm and not to act in an aggressive way when sb has hurt you or made you angry
    more at ROSE n., TONGUE n.
    + verb [VN] (BrE, informal) to speak to sb in a rude way that shows a lack of respect: 'Don't cheek your mother, Sam!'

    Collocation dictionary

    1 part of the face

    ADJ.

    flushed, hot | cool | smooth, soft | ashen, pale, pallid, pasty | blushing, pink, rosy, scarlet | sunken
    His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep.
    | hamster/hamster-like, plump | unshaven | tear-stained, wet
    Her cheeks were wet with tears.

    VERB + CHEEK

    brush, dab (at), stroke, touch
    She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief.
    | kiss, peck | give (sb), proffer
    She proffered her cheek to kiss.

    CHEEK + VERB

    blaze, burn, flame, grow hot, redden
    He felt his cheeks burning with shame.

    PREP.

    across sb's/the ~
    She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek.
    | against sb's ~
    She laid her cheek against his.
    | down sb's ~
    A tear slid down her cheek.
    | in sb's ~s
    She had a healthy bloom in her cheeks.
    | on sb's/the ~
    He kissed his mother on both cheeks and got on the train.

    PHRASES

    bring the colour (back) to your cheeks, the colour floods/rises/rushes to your cheeks
    The colour flooded to his cheeks when he realized he was being watched.
    | a kiss/peck on the cheek
    She gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye.

    2 lack of respect

    ADJ.

    awful, bare-faced, colossal
    It's an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money.
    | bleeding
    (taboo),
    bloody
    (taboo),
    damned

    VERB + CHEEK

    have
    He's got a cheek, making you wait outside his office.

    PHRASES

    Of all the cheek!/What (a) cheek!
    He asked you for money? Of all the cheek!


    Concise English dictionary

    cheeks|cheeked|cheekingtʃiːk
    noun
    +either side of the face below the eyes
    +an impudent statement
    +either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
    +impudent aggressiveness
    verb
    +speak impudently to



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