认识人体各部位：从头到脚的完整介绍

名词（尤指人的）颏，下巴; 聊天; 引体向上动作

动词用下巴夹住; 聊天; 作引体向上动作

1. 颏;下巴
Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.

e.g. ...a double chin...
双下巴
e.g. He rubbed the gray stubble on his chin.
他揉搓着下巴上灰白的胡茬。

2. 坦然面对，欣然接受(令人不快或困难的局面)
If you say that someone took something on the chin, you mean that they accepted an unpleasant or difficult situation bravely and without making a lot of fuss about it.

e.g. When the police arrived he took it on the chin and apologised for the trouble he'd caused them.
警察赶来时，他坦然为自己给他们造成的麻烦表示歉意。

名词颈，脖子; 衣领; 海峡; [地]岩颈

不及物动词搂着脖子亲吻，相拥互吻; 变狭窄

及物动词使变细; 与…搂著脖子亲吻; 割颈杀死（家禽等）

1. 颈;脖子
Your neck is the part of your body which joins your head to the rest of your body.

e.g. She threw her arms round his neck and hugged him warmly...
她伸出双臂搂住他的脖子，热情地拥抱他。
e.g. He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.
他矮壮结实，脖子很粗。

2. 衣领;领口
The neck of an article of clothing such as a shirt, dress, or sweater is the part which surrounds your neck.

e.g. ...the low, ruffled neck of her blouse...
她的打褶低胸的衬衫领口
e.g. He wore a blue shirt open at the neck.
他穿了件蓝衬衫，领口敞开着。

3. (瓶子、吉他等的)颈状部位，细长部分，颈部
The neck of something such as a bottle or a guitar is the long narrow part at one end of it.

e.g. Catherine gripped the broken neck of the bottle.
凯瑟琳紧握着破裂的瓶颈。
e.g. ...cancer of the neck of the womb.
宫颈癌

4. 搂着脖子亲吻;相拥而吻
If two people are necking, they are kissing each other in a sexual way.

e.g. They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes...
他们在车里又坐了10分钟，边说边搂着亲热。
e.g. I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife.
我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。

5. (赛马)以微弱优势(获胜)，险(胜)
If a horse wins a race by a neck, it wins by a very small distance.

e.g. Cee En Cee went on to win by a neck from Leigh Crofter.
西恩西再次以微弱优势战胜莉·克罗夫特。

6. 密切监视;紧紧盯住
If you say that someone is breathing down your neck, you mean that they are watching you very closely and checking everything you do.

e.g. Most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks.
大部分农场主的一举一动都受到银行经理们的密切关注。

7. (尤指选举中)并驾齐驱，难分高低
In a competition, especially an election, if two or more competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning.

e.g. The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck...
最近的一次民意测验显示两个主要政党难分高下。
e.g. The party is running neck-and-neck with Labour.
该党和工党目前是旗鼓相当。

8. (常指为实现某事)冒险
If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.

e.g. I won't have him risking his neck on that motorcycle.
我不会让他冒险骑那辆摩托车。

9. 保全(某人的工作或声誉)
To save someone's neck means to prevent them from losing their job or harming their reputation.

e.g. He had enough friends in the right places to save his neck and cover up for him...
他有很多朋友能保全他，帮他打掩护。
e.g. He said the President was making a last ditch attempt to save his own neck.
他说总统正在作最后的努力，希望保住自己的声誉。

10. 担风险;找麻烦;惹祸
If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong.

e.g. During my political life I've earned myself a reputation as someone who'll stick his neck out, a bit of a rebel.
我在政治生涯中敢冒风险、有点叛逆是小有名气的。

11. 担负;缠住
If you say that you have something round your neck or around your neck, you mean that it is your responsibility and it causes you a lot of worry.

e.g. No-one should start working life with a debt round their neck...
任何人都不该身背债务开始工作生涯。
e.g. It's a legacy which will hang around the country's neck for some time to come.
这项遗留问题在未来的一段时间内仍将困扰这个国家。

12. 深深陷入，被卷入(麻烦、罪行等)
If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.

e.g. The black market was flourishing, everybody was corrupt, in it up to their necks...
黑市繁荣，每个人都已堕落，深陷其中。
e.g. He is probably up to his neck in debt.
他很有可能债务缠身。

13. 地段;附近地区
Someone or something that is from your neck of the woods is from the same part of the country as you are.

e.g. It's so good to see you. What brings you to this neck of the woods?
见到你真高兴，哪阵风把你吹来了？

14. to have a millstone round your neck - see millstone
the scruff of your neck - see scruff

名词腰，腰部; （衣服的）腰身; 船腰; （女人，小孩子的）背心

1. 腰;腰部
Your waist is the middle part of your body where it narrows slightly above your hips.

e.g. Ricky kept his arm round her waist...
里基一直揽着她的腰。
e.g. He was stripped to the waist.
他上身赤裸。