[N-COUNT 可数名词]颏;下巴 Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.
...a double chin...
双下巴
He rubbed the gray stubble on his chin.
他揉搓着下巴上灰白的胡茬。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
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chin★/tʃɪn; NAmEtʃɪn/nounthe part of the face below the mouth and above the neck 颏;下巴☞collocationsat
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double chin
IDIOMS(keep your) ˈchin up( informal) used to tell sb to try to stay cheerful even though they are in a difficult or unpleasant situation 振作起来;不气馁;不灰心◆Chin up! Only two exams left.别泄气!只剩下两门考试了。take sth on the ˈchin( informal) 1to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining, trying to make excuses, etc. (无怨无悔地)承受某事2( NAmE) to be damaged or badly affected by something 受损;受到严重影响☞more at
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v.chinchinschin/tʃɪn; NAmEtʃɪn/
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chinchin /tʃɪn/ ●●●W3 noun [countable]
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1the front part of your face below your mouth: He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.2(keep your) chin up! spoken used to tell someone to make an effort to stay brave and confident when they are in a difficult situation: Chin up! It’ll be over soon.3 take something on the chin to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining – used to show approval: One of our great strengths is our ability to take it on the chin and come out fighting.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa double chin (=loose skin under your chin that looks like a second chin)· Frank was much fatter now and he had a double chin.a pointed chin· She had a narrow face and a pointed chin.a weak chin (=small in proportion to the face, and not square in shape)· He’s grown a beard to cover his weak chin.a determined chin literary (=giving a face a determined appearance)· She had short hair and a determined chin.a square chin· A square chin may be taken as a sign of a stubborn character.a receding chin (=sloping backwards in an unattractive way)· Half the boys in my college seemed to have receding chins.an unshaven chin (=with short hairs on because a man has not shaved)· His combed hair looked oddly neat against his unshaven chin.verbsstroke/rub your chin (=stroke it in a way that shows you are thinking about something)· He stroked his chin and then seemed to come to a decision.
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