【heart音标】 英[hɑ:t] 美[hɑ:rt]
【单词释义】 heart是什么意思：
n.心，心脏；感情；要点；胸部
vt.鼓励；激励
vi.结心
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] hearts [第三人称单数] hearts
[单词现在分词] hearting
[单词过去式] hearted
[单词过去分词] hearted
【关联词/派生词】
hearty adj.衷心的，热诚的；亲切的；友好的
hearth n.灶台，炉边；壁炉地面
heartily adv.尽情地；关怀地；衷心地；热忱地；强烈地；坚定地；极为
heartrending adj.令人悲痛的；令人心碎的；使人极度伤心的
hearten v.激励；鼓励；振奋；使振作；振作起来
heartfelt adj. 衷心的；诚挚的；真诚的
heartbeat n. [C, U] 心跳；心搏；情感
【heart形近词/近似词】
dart n.飞镖，标枪；急驰，飞奔 v.猛冲，飞奔，急驰；投掷，投射；看一眼，瞥一眼
cart n.运货马车，手推车 v.用推车或卡车运送；强行带走，抓走
chart n.图表
smart adj.聪明的；衣冠楚楚的；时髦的；智能的 v.疼痛；感到刺痛 n.创伤；疼痛
art n.艺术；美术；艺术作品；艺术技巧
part n.部分；角色；零件 v.分离；分开 adv.部分地 adj.部分的
【常用短语】
learn by heart 记住；默记；背诵
lose heart 丧失信心；泄气
【近义词解析】
◇ 中心，中央
centre(美为center) (n. 中心，集中点)：指空间、地域或物体的中心点，也可指学术、商业等活动的中心。
heart (n. 中心)：指事物最重要的部分；也可指方位上的中心，作此义解时可与 centre 换用。
middle (n. 中间，中央，中部)：指空间、时间或事件的中间部分。
midst ([六级/考研]n. [正式]中间)：指位于某地的中部或者处于一群人、一堆物品中间，也可指在某事的进行过程中。
【单词例句】
◇ He was somewhat embarrassed to give his father a walnut while his brothers brought spun hemp. He nevertheless took heart and presented the king with the walnut.
两位哥哥都带来了纺好的线，自己却只带回一颗核桃见父亲，小王子很难为情，他硬着头皮来到父亲面前。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ He took her home with him to his royal castle, and because she was so beautiful and pure he loved her with all his heart, had silver hands made for her, and took her as his wife.
他将姑娘带回王宫，姑娘的美貌和善良使国王深深地爱上了她。他为姑娘做了一双银手，并娶她为妻。
未完，请这里阅读下篇 没有手的姑娘（下）
---- The Girl without Hands (I)
◇ The angel went into the other room, brought back the silver hands, and showed them to him. Now he saw for sure that it was his dear wife and his dear child, and he kissed them, and rejoiced, and said, "A heavy stone has fallen from my heart."
天使走进内室，拿出那双银手给国王看。这时国王才确信这就是他亲爱的妻子和儿子，他亲吻了他们，高兴地说：“这下我心中的石头算是落地了。”
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ He said, "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart." As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
男孩说：“那么，就请接受我由衷的感谢吧！”说完，霍华德-凯利就离开了这户人家。此时的他不仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相信上帝和整个人类。本来，他都打算放弃了。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ Little did she remember, he had heart problems.
悲剧就这样发生了，她一点也不曾记起，她的丈夫有心脏病。
---- Life Together
◇ Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.
她十分高兴，终于又把它捉了回来。突然间，她感觉到鸟儿四肢无力。她张开手，惊恐地盯着手中的死鸟。她不顾一切的爱害死了鸟儿。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much.
美国总统罗斯福的家曾经失窃，财物损失巨大。他的朋友闻此消息，就写信来安慰他，劝他不必把这件事放在心上。
---- Being Grateful
◇ The two of them silhouetted against the window light at the end of the long hall. My father leaning over my mother's,pressed forehead to forehead. The word“Surgery”on the doors behind them forming a caption for the picture they made. Hands clasped together as if believing they held each other's hearts. As longingly as the first time they had reached for each other,as desperately as two lovers being forced apart.
二人的身影好像一幅剪影投射在长廊上，身后“手术室”三个字构成了这一画面的字幕。父亲俯在母亲所躺的病床边，彼此额头紧贴，紧握着对方的手仿佛紧握着对方的心，恰似他们当年那样渴望得到对方，又如同一对恋人被强行拆散时那样地绝望。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ This process is automated by the aptly named autonomic nervous system, which is the same system that controls many things your body does all by itself such as digestion and heart rate.
这一过程由自主神经系统自动控制，这个系统也控制着你身体自动运转的许多方面，比如消化和心率。