| 释义 |
*heart /hɑrt; hɑːt/
n
1 [C] the organ inside your chest that pumps blood around your body 心，心脏:
Tom could feel his heart beating faster. 汤姆感到他的心跳加快了。
2 [C,U] your strongest emotions and your most true feelings 内心; 衷心; 心地; 心肠:
He's strict, but he has a kind heart. 他很严格，但是他有一颗善良的心。
in your heart I knew in my heart that he was right. 我心里明白他是对的。
with all your heart She wished with all her heart that she had never met him. 她从心底里希望自己从未遇见过他。
at heart (=used to say what someone's character is really like) 内心里，本质上: I'm just a kid at heart. 我在内心里还只是个小孩。
3 [C] a shape used to mean a heart or love 〔代表心或爱的〕心形物
4 the heart of sth the centre or most important part of something 某物的中心［实质，关键］:
deep in the heart of the countryside 在农村的最中心地区
the heart of the matter/problem/question etc Let's get to the heart of the matter. 我们来看看这事的主要问题吧。
5 know/learn sth by heart to correctly remember all of something 记熟某事:
Learn this tune by heart before next week's lesson. 下星期上课之前要把这首曲子记熟。
6 hearts a group of playing cards with a red heart shape printed on them 〔纸牌中的〕红心，红桃牌:
the queen of hearts 红桃王后
7 sb's heart sank used to say that someone suddenly became very sad or disappointed 某人的心陡然下沉:
Bert's heart sank when he saw the mess. 伯特看到这乱糟糟的局面，他的心往下一沉。
8 to your heart's content as much as you want to 尽情地，痛痛快快地:
You can run around here to your heart's content. 在这里你可以尽情地到处乱跑。
9 kind-hearted/cold-hearted/hard-hearted etc having a kind, unkind, cruel etc character 好心的/冷酷的/硬心肠的等
10 take/lose heart to begin to have more hope or to stop having hope 产生/失去希望［信心］:
I've failed my driving test so many times I'm beginning to lose heart. 我考了那么多次驾驶执照都没有通过，我都开始失去信心了。
11 not have the heart to do sth spoken to be unable to do something because you do not want to make someone unhappy 【口】 〔因不想让某人不开心而〕没有勇气做某事:
I didn't have the heart to tell her the truth. 我没有勇气把真相告诉她。
12 sb's heart isn't in it spoken if someone's heart is not in something, they do not really want to do it because they are worrying about something else 【口】 某人的心思不在这上面:
He tried to work, but his heart wasn't in it. 他设法工作，但是心却不在上面。
13 sb's heart goes out to sb to feel a lot of sympathy for someone 某人非常同情某人
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