chest是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 胸腔， 胸膛； 箱， 柜，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mulrady was laid on his side, with his head and chest well raised, and Lady Helena succeeded in making him swallow a few drops of water.
-- His face, arms, and chest had been rubbed with oil, and did not show any sign of decay.
-- Jacques Paganel, during his three days' captivity among the Maories, had been tattooed from the feet to the shoulders, and he bore on his chest a heraldic kiwi with outspread wings, which was biting at his heart.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As her beautiful head fell upon her chest I saw the clear red weal of a whiplash across her neck.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'The bullet struck so low down that probably his antago-nist would never have aimed at that part of him people never do; he would have aimed at his chest or head; so that probably the bullet hit him accidentally.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- asked Amy, who had not been present at the opening of a certain cedar chest in which Mrs. March kept a few relics of past splendor, as gifts for her girls when the proper time came.
-- And Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh.
-- She only saw his chest rise and fall, with a long breath that might have been a sigh, and the hand that wore the ring nestled down into the grass, as if to hide something too precious or too tender to be spoken of.
-- No toys in this first chest remain, For all are carried away, In their old age, to join again In another small Meg's play.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He stood full six feet in height, with noble shoulders, and a chest like a coffer-dam.
-- "There," said the landlord, placing the candle on a crazy old sea chest that did double duty as a wash-stand and centre table; "there, make yourself comfortable now, and good night to ye."
-- Placing these on the old chest in the middle of the room, he then took the New Zealand head a ghastly thing enough and crammed it down into the bag.
-- Meanwhile, he continued the business of undressing, and at last showed his chest and arms.
-- His deep chest heaved as with a ground-swell; his tossed arms seemed the warring elements at work; and the thunders that rolled away from off his swarthy brow, and the light leaping from his eye, made all his simple hearers look on him with a quick fear that was strange to them.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Having held the first bottle up to the light, and shaken it well to test its excellence, Mr. Bumble placed them both on top of a chest of drawers; folded the handkerchief in which they had been wrapped; put it carefully in his pocket; and took up his hat, as if to go.
-- But, unfortunately, Charley, in opening his mouth to reply that he was never more serious in his life, was unable to prevent the escape of such a violent roar, that the abused Mr. Chitling, without any preliminary ceremonies, rushed across the room and aimed a blow at the offender; who, being skilful in evading pursuit, ducked to avoid it, and chose his time so well that it lighted on the chest of the merry old gentleman, and caused him to stagger to the wall, where he stood panting for breath, while Mr. Chitling looked on in intense dismay.
-- Thinking begets thinking; as there were no sounds of Mrs. Corney's approach, it occured to Mr. Bumble that it would be an innocent and virtuous way of spending the time, if he were further to allay his curiousity by a cursory glance at the interior of Mrs. Corney's chest of drawers.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- However, as well as I could, I barricaded myself round with the chest and boards that I had brought on shore, and made a kind of hut for that night's lodging.
-- When I had done this, I blocked up the door of the tent with some boards within, and an empty chest set up on end without; and spreading one of the beds upon the ground, laying my two pistols just at my head, and my gun at length by me, I went to bed for the first time, and slept very qui-etly all night, for I was very weary and heavy; for the night before I had slept little, and had laboured very hard all day to fetch all those things from the ship, and to get them on shore.
-- I went, directed by Heaven no doubt; for in this chest I found a cure both for soul and body.
-- In the other chest were some clothes, but of little value; but, by the circumstances, it must have belonged to the gunner's mate; though there was no powder in it, except two pounds of fine glazed powder, in three flasks, kept, I suppose, for charging their fowling-pieces on occasion.
-- I found in this seaman's chest about fifty pieces of eight, in rials, but no gold: I supposed this belonged to a poorer man than the other, which seemed to belong to some officer.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A flowing white beard covered his chest and he wore gold-rimmed spectacles from which the glasses had dropped out.
-- The Serpent with the tail that smoked started to laugh and a vein in his chest broke and so I went back to the Fairy's house.
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