cheek
US: /ˈtʃik/
UK: /tʃˈiːk/
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
- má
- 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
