- [countable]
either side of the face below the eyes 面颊；脸颊 
chubby/rosy/pink cheeks 丰满的／红润的／粉红的脸颊 He kissed her on both cheeks. 他亲吻了她的双颊。 🔊🔊 Couples were dancing cheek to cheek. 成双成对的舞伴在跳贴面舞。 🔊🔊
Collocations Physical appearancePhysical appearance 外貌 - A person may be described as having:
描述一个人的长相可用 have 一词： Eyes 眼睛 - (bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
- deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
- small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
- piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
- bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
- bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
- long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes
Face 脸 - a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
- a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
- full/thick/thin/pouty lips
- dry/chapped/cracked lips
- flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
- soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
- white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
- a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
- a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
- a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
- a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache
Hair and skin 头发和皮肤 - pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
- dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
- a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
- deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
- blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(British English) ginger/grey hair
- straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
- thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
- dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
- long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
- a bald/balding/shaved head
- a receding hairline
- a bald patch/spot
- a side/centre(British English) parting
Body 身体 - a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
- broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
- a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
- a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
- a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
- big/wide/narrow/slim hips
- a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
- thin/slender/muscular arms
- big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
- long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
- long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
- muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
- big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
- a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
- be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build
有着苗条的／中等的／普通的／大块头的／健壮的／矮壮的身材
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb2Colour/Color flooded to her cheeks when she realized she was being watched. 意识到有人在看她，她顿时涨红了脸。 He felt his cheeks burning with shame. 他因为羞愧而感到两颊发烧。 He kissed her on both cheeks and got on the train. 他亲了亲她的双颊，然后上了火车。 He rested his cheek on her shoulder. 他把面颊靠在她肩头。 Her cheeks were wet with tears. 她泪痕满面。 His red-rimmed eyes and sunken cheeks betrayed his lack of sleep. 他红红的眼圈和凹陷的双颊暴露出他缺乏睡眠。 She dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief. 她用手绢搌了搌面颊。 She gave him a peck on the cheek and said goodbye. 她匆匆吻了一下他的面颊，道了别。 She gave him a sharp slap across his cheek. 她对着他的脸狠狠地搧了一巴掌。 She had a healthy bloom in her cheeks. 她双颊健康红润。 She laid her cheek against his. 她把自己的面颊贴在他的面颊上。 She proffered her cheek to kiss. 她伸过自己的面颊让人亲吻。 She smiled at him and the colour/color rose to his cheeks. 她冲他微微一笑，他的脸腾地就红了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flushed
- hot
- warm
- …
- brush
- caress
- dab
- …
- blaze
- blush
- burn
- …
- across somebody’s/the cheek
- against somebody’s cheek
- down somebody’s cheek
- …
- bring the colour/color (back) to somebody’s cheeks
- color floods (to) your cheeks
- the colour/color rises to your cheeks
- …
- -cheeked
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of cheeks mentioned 有…面颊的；面颊…的 chubby-cheeked/rosy-cheeked/hollow-cheeked 双颊丰满／红润／瘦削
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics - [countable] (informal)
either of the buttocks 半边屁股 - [uncountable, singular] (British English)
talk or behaviour that people think is annoying, rude or not showing enough respect 令人讨厌（或粗鲁、无礼）的话（或行为） What a cheek! 真不要脸！ 🔊🔊 He had the cheek to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them. 他竟厚着脸皮要他以前的女朋友为他们临时照看小孩。 🔊🔊 I think they've got a cheek making you pay to park the car. 我想不到他们居然有脸要你付停车费。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesOf all the damned cheek! Make your own coffee! 在所有该死的脸颊中！自己煮咖啡！ What struck him most was the colossal cheek of it all. 最让他印象深刻的是这一切的巨大面颊。 It's an awful cheek, the way he keeps asking you to lend him money. 真是不知廉耻，他不停地要你借钱给他。 He asked you for money? Of all the cheek! 他居然向你要钱？真没皮没脸！ He's got a cheek, making you wait outside his office. 他竟然有脸让你在他的办公室外面等待。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- barefaced
- colossal
- …
- have
- of all the cheek!
- what a cheek!
Word OriginOld English cē(a)ce, cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.
Idioms
cheek by jowl (with somebody/something)
very close to somebody/something （和…）紧靠着，紧挨着 The guests, packed cheek by jowl, parted as he entered. 当客人进入时，他们的脸颊紧紧地分开。
put roses in somebody’s cheeks
- (British English, informal)
to make somebody look healthy 使双颊红润健康
turn the other cheek
to make a deliberate decision to remain calm and not to act in an aggressive way when somebody has hurt you or made you angry （受到伤害或被激怒时）甘心容忍，不予回击
with your tongue in your cheek | with tongue in cheek
if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you are not being serious and mean it as a joke 说说而已；半开玩笑地