cheek

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.cheek¹ W3 /tʃiːk/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: ceace]
1. [countable] the soft round part of your face below each of your eyes:
Lucy stretched up to kiss his cheek.
Billy had rosy cheeks and blue eyes.
her tear-stained cheeks
Julie’s cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.
red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc
a red-cheeked plump old fellow
2. [singular, uncountable] British English disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority:
I’ve had enough of your cheek.
have the cheek to do something
He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.
She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
3. cheek by jowl (with somebody/something) very close to someone or something else:
an expensive French restaurant cheek by jowl with a cheap clothes shop
4. turn the other cheek to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you
5. cheek to cheek if two people dance cheek to cheek, they dance very close to each other in a romantic way
6. [countable] informal one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom SYN buttock
⇨ tongue in cheek at ↑tongue¹(6), ⇨ ↑tongue-in-cheek
II.cheek² BrE AmE verb [transitive]
British English to speak rudely or with disrespect to someone, especially to someone older such as your teacher or parents SYN sass American English:
You can cheek some teachers and they just don’t do anything.

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cheek
The cheeks are the sides of the face between the mouth area and the ear.

◎	[t∫i:k]
※	danh từ
	■	mỗi bên mặt liền dưới mắt; má
		☆	healthy pink cheeks
			đôi má hồng hào khoẻ mạnh
		☆	dancing cheek to cheek
			khiêu vũ má kề má
	■	lời nói hoặc ứng xử hỗn láo; sự hỗn xược
		☆	what (a) cheek!
			thật là hỗn láo!
		☆	No more of your cheek!/ That's enough of your cheek!
			Im ngay cái lối ăn nói láo xược ấy đi! /Mày hỗn vừa chứ!
		☆	He had the cheek to ask me to do his work for him
			Nó đã hỗn láo dám bảo tôi làm hộ công việc của nó
	■	một trong hai mông đít
	■	thanh má, thanh đứng (của khung cửa)
	■	(số nhiều) má (kìm, ròng rọc, êtô)
	〆	cheek by jowl (with somebody)
		✓	vai kề vai; thân thiết với nhau, tớ tớ mình mình, mày mày tao tao
			☆	to live /lie cheek by jowl
				sống/nằm kề bên nhau rất thân thiết
	〆	to turn the other cheek
		✓	nhận một đòn đánh mạnh mà không đánh lại
	〆	to speak with/to have one's tongue in one's cheek
		✓	không thành thật, giả dối
	〆	with tongue in cheek
		✓	xem tongue
※	ngoại động từ
	■	láo xược với (ai), hỗn xược với (ai)
◎	[cheek]
〆	saying & slang
	■	sharp reply, sarcasm, lip
		☆	When I called Mom a crab, she said, "No more of your cheek!"

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  boldness, nerve, brass, face, buttock, impudence, impertinence