词组 | heart |
释义 | heart /hɑːt $ hɑːrt/ noun 1. the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your bodyverbssb’s heart beats Her heart was beating fast.sb’s heart pounds/thuds/thumps (=it beats very strongly) He reached the top of the hill, his heart pounding.sb’s heart races (=it beats very fast) Was there someone there in the dark? Joe’s heart began to race.sb’s heart misses a beat also sb’s heart skips a beat (=They suddenly feel nervous) Her heart missed a beat when she was called into the interview room.adjectivesa healthy heart Eating oily fish can help maintain a healthy heart.a bad/weak heart (=an unhealthy heart) The effort proved too much for her weak heart.heart + nounsa heart attack (=a sudden and very painful event in which your heart stops working) Jim had a heart attack and died at the age of 55.heart disease Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.heart trouble/problems You should not take this medication if you have heart problems.heart failure (=when your heart stops working, either suddenly or gradually) The cause of death was heart failure.a heart condition/defect (=something wrong with your heart) The baby was born with a heart condition.sb’s heart rate (=the number of times someone’s heart beats per minute) Your heart rate increases as you exercise.heart surgery/operation Geoff is going into the hospital for a heart operation.a heart transplant (=a medical operation to put a heart from someone else into a person’s body) In 1967, Dr Barnard performed the first heart transplant.a heart bypass (operation) (=an operation to direct blood through veins outside the heart because the veins in the heart are blocked) He needs a heart bypass.a heart patient 3,000 heart patients have already received surgery at the hospital.a heart surgeon Heart surgeons were able to save his life using a new technique.the heart muscle Tests showed that his heart muscle was damaged.heart palpitations (=when your heart beats very quickly and irregularly) Drinking too much coffee causes heart palpitations in some people.2. the part of you that feels strong emotions and feelingsadjectivesa big heart (=a kind and generous character) She may be only small, but she has a big heart.a good/kind/warm heart (=a kind character) My father had a good heart.a soft heart (=a kind and sympathetic character) Julia’s soft heart had been touched by Minnie’s grief.a cold/hard heart (=used about someone who does not feel sympathy for other people) It takes a hard heart not to be moved by these images of suffering.with a heavy heart (=feeling very sad) She made her way to the hospital with a heavy heart.with a light heart (=feeling happy) Paul left for home with a light heart.a broken heart (=when someone feels very sad, especially because a love affair has ended) I wonder how many broken hearts Carlo was responsible for.verbs + heartbreak sb’s heart (=make someone feel very sad) It broke my heart to see him so sick.win sb’s heart (=make someone love you) The singer won the hearts of millions of teenagers.touch sb’s heart (=make someone feel strong feelings, especially of sympathy) The sight of starving children touched the hearts of people around the world.warm sb’s heart also gladden sb’s heart formal (=make someone feel happy) It gladdened her heart to see him smiling because she knew the news must be good.set your heart on sth (=want to do something very much) She had set her heart on becoming an actor.follow your heart (= do what your emotions want you to do) Follow your heart. Who cares what everyone else thinks?melt sb’s heart (=make someone less angry or unfriendly and start to like you) Robert gave her a smile which melted her heart.open your heart (=tell someone about your feelings) Marge wept as she opened her heart to the priest.heart + verbssb’s heart aches (=they feel very sad) It made his heart ache to look at her.sb’s heart leaps/jumps/lurches literary (=you suddenly feel excited, frightened etc) The unexpected sound of his voice made her heart leap.sb’s heart sinks (=they suddenly feel very unhappy or lose hope) My heart sank when I saw Richard’s car outside the house.my heart bleeds (=you feel a lot of sympathy – often used ironically to mean that you do not have any sympathy for someone) It makes my heart bleed to see them suffer.prepositionsat heart (=used for saying what someone is really like even though they may seem different) I’ll always be a Canadian at heart even though I now live in Britain.from the heart His comments were spoken from the heart.in your heart (=used for saying that you know something but do not want to admit it) In my heart, I knew he didn’t really love me.phrasesaffairs of the heart (=matters relating to love) I had little experience of affairs of the heart.a heart of gold (=a very kind character) She was rather brisk in manner but with a heart of gold.a heart of stone (=a very cruel character) You’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel sorry for them.with all your heart and soul (=used when you feel something very strongly) She loved Peter with all her heart and soul.from the bottom of your heart (=used to emphasize that your feelings are sincere) I thank you from the bottom of my heart.be in good heart (=to be happy and confident) The team was in good heart, despite their loss this weekend.be sick at heart (=to feel very unhappy) He was too sick at heart to know what to say.sb’s heart rules their head (=someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought) He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.3. the most important or central part of somethingGrammarIn this meaning, you always say the heart of something.phrasesthe heart of the matter/issue/problem We need to get to the heart of the matter.be/lie at the heart of sth (=be the most important or central part) Unemployment is at the heart of many of society’s problems. | In any organization, good communication lies at the heart of success.go to the heart of sth also strike at the heart of sth (=involve or deal with the most important or central part) These are difficult questions which go to the heart of the education process.adjectivesthe very heart of sth The hospital was built at the very heart of the community it serves. |
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