- [countable]
a woman’s chest or breasts 女人的胸部(或乳房) her ample bosom 她豐滿的乳房 She pressed him to her bosom. 她緊緊地把他抱在胸前。 Her bosom rose and fell; she was out of breath from keeping up with him. 她胸脯上下起伏着,爲了跟上他,已經上氣不接下氣了。 She clutched her son tightly to her bosom. 她把兒子緊緊摟在懷裏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ample
- full
- large
- …
- heave
- clutch somebody/something to your bosom
- [countable]
the part of a piece of clothing that covers a woman’s bosom 女衣胸部(或胸襟) a rose pinned to her bosom 别在她胸襟上的一朵玫瑰
- the bosom of something [singular]
a situation in which you are with people who love and protect you 和愛護自己的人在一起的情形;在…的懷抱中 to live in the bosom of your family 生活在家庭的溫暖懷抱中 They were welcomed into the bosom of the Church. 他們受到教會的歡迎。
Word OriginOld English bōsm, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boezem and German Busen.