cheeks
脸颊,脸皮,脸蛋,脸部
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Definitions
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- : either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
- : the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws.
- : something resembling the side of the human face in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides of various objects: the cheeks of a vise.
- : impudence or effrontery: He's got a lot of cheek to say that to me!
- : Slang. either of the buttocks.
- : Architecture. one side of an opening, as a reveal.either of two similar faces of a projection, as a buttress or dormer.
- : Carpentry. a piece of wood removed from the end of a timber in making a tenon.a piece of wood on either side of a mortise.
- : one side of a hammer head.
- : Horology. one of two pieces placed on both sides of the suspension spring of a pendulum to control the amplitude of oscillation or to give the arc of the pendulum a cycloidal form.
- : one of the two main vertical supports forming the frame of a hand printing press.
- : Machinery. either of the sides of a pulley or block.
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Phrases
- cheek by jowl
- tongue in cheek
- turn the other cheek
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks.
Now in his early thirties, his cheeks are sunken from smoking too much hash.
They have putrid California grapes for eyes, puffed-out cheeks of spoiled plums, sweltered eggplant lips.
I could feel the fat of my cheeks trying to escape as she held me still to mark me with red lipstick.
Her eyes dart through oval, wire-rimmed glasses that rest gently on her round cheeks.
She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.
Then, of a sudden, the little colour faded from her cheeks again, and she seemed stricken with a silence.