n.
- 心臟；胸[C]
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The boy's
heart gave a jump.
這男孩的心猛地一跳。
- 內心；心腸[C]
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He has a cold
heart.
他冷酷無情。
- 感情；愛情；愛好[U]
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She gave her
heart to him.
她真心愛他。
- 心形的東西[C]
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She wore a diamond
heart around her neck.
她脖子上佩帶著一顆心形的鑽石。
- （紙牌的）紅心[C]
- 中心；要點[the S][（+of）]
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Let's get to the
heart of the problem.
讓我們來談談問題的核心吧。
- 勇氣；精神[U]
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I didn't have the
heart to tell you about it.
我沒有勇氣將此事告訴你。
片語
heart of gold
- 美好的心靈
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He is a man with a
heart of gold.
他是一位心地非常善良的人。
at heart
- 本質上；實際上
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He seems nice, but he's dishonest
at heart.
他表面上很好，實際上並不誠實。
- 心裡；內心是
break one's heart
- 傷心
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I
broke my heart over her death.
我為她的去世感到傷心。
by heart
- 背下來地；確實記得
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The children all had to learn the poem
by heart.
孩子們都得把這首詩背出來。
do somebody's heart good
- 使某人高興
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It
did her heart good to see the children playing happily outside.
看到孩子們在外面快樂地玩耍她很欣喜。
have one's heart in the right place
- 心地好
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She
has her heart in the right place and will help anyone in trouble.
她有副好心腸，會幫助任何有困難的人。
have one's heart in one's boots
- 非常驚恐；非常緊張
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I
had my heart in my boots when I went to see my boss.
我去見老板時心裡非常緊張。
in one's heart of hearts
- 在內心深處
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I said I loved her, but
in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't true.
我說我愛她，可是在內心深處我知道這不是真的。
lose heart
- 喪失信心
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lose one's heart to
- 傾心於
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She
lost her heart to another man.
她愛上了別人。
set one's heart on something
- 決心得到某物
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I've
set my heart on that new coat.
我已打定主意要得到那件新外套。
take to heart
- 認真關注
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I hope you will
take the warning
to heart.
我希望你注意這個告誡。
- 對……想不開
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She is a very sensitive person, who
takes her troubles and disappointments
to heart.
她是個敏感的人，總把煩惱和失望往心裡放。
with all one's heart
- 真心誠意地
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With all my heart I hope you'll be happy.
我真心誠意地希望你快樂。
辨析
n.
- a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
- the central, innermost, or vital part of something.
- a conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves meeting at a point at the bottom and a cusp at the top.
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(hearts)
one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a red figure of such a shape.
▸a card of this suit.
- a person's feeling of or capacity for love or compassion.
▸mood or feeling:
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they had a change of heart.
▸courage or enthusiasm:
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you may lose heart as the work mounts up.
- the close compact head of a cabbage or lettuce.
- the condition of agricultural land as regards fertility.
Phrase
- after one's own heart
sharing one's tastes. - at heart
in one's real nature, in contrast to how one may appear. - break someone's heart
overwhelm someone with sadness. - by heart
from memory. - close
(or dear)
to one's heart
of deep interest and concern to one. - from the
(or the bottom of one's)
heart
with sincere feeling. - have a heart
show pity. - have a heart of gold
have a generous or compassionate nature. - have one's heart in one's mouth
be greatly alarmed or apprehensive. - have one's heart in the right place
be sincere or well intentioned. - one's heart's desire
something that one greatly wishes for. - one's heartstrings
used in reference to one's deepest feelings of love or compassion. - in one's heart of hearts
in one's innermost feelings. - take something to heart
take criticism seriously and be affected by it. - wear one's heart on one's sleeve
make one's feelings apparent.
Derivative
Etymology
OE heorte, of Gmc origin.
