cheese /tʃiːz/► SEE ALLa big cheese/wheel(like) chalk and cheesehard cheesesay cheese!●a ˌbig ˈcheese/ˈwheel (informal) an important person with a lot of influence in an organization, etc.重要人物；大亨；要员◆His father’s a big wheel in the textile industry.他父亲是纺织业巨头。ORIGINIn this sense, ‘cheese’ comes from the Urdu word chiz, meaning ‘thing’. * cheese 作此义时，源于乌尔都语词 chiz，意为“东西”。●(like) ˌchalk and ˈcheese ( as different as ˌchalk and ˈcheese) (BrE, informal) very different截然不同；天渊之别◆It’s hard to imagine that Mark and John are brothers — they’re like chalk and cheese.很难想象马克和约翰是兄弟俩，他们一点也不像。●hard ˈcheese (BrE, informal) used as a way of saying that you are sorry about sth, usually in an ironic way (= you really mean the opposite)（常作反语）抱歉◆I’ve made my decision — I’m going to sell the car, and if he doesn’t agree with that then it’s hard cheese.我已经决定要把车卖掉，他要是不同意，就只有抱歉了。●say ˈcheese!used to ask sb to smile before you take their photograph（用于照相前请人微笑）笑一笑，说“茄子”◆Is everybody ready? Right, say cheese!都准备好了吗？好，笑一笑！