heart /hɑ:t/ n. ［c］ 1. 心(脏)；心肠， 内心：His heart stopped beating.他的心脏停止了跳动。She heard a terrible noise, which brought her heart into her mouth.听 到一声可怕的声音，使她十分恐惧。He is a man with a kind heart. = He is a kind-hearted man. 他是个心肠仁慈的人。 2. 用于习语lose heart 灰心：Don’t lose heart, whatever you do. 无论干什么事，别灰心。 heart and soul全心全意地：Serve the people heart and soul. 全心全意地为人民服务。learn by heart默诵：He learned the poem by heart.他背下了那首诗。at heart 内心里，本质：be sad at heart 内心难受； have sth. at heart 心里想着 in one’s heart of hearts真心想法：I didn’t want to believe it, but in my heart of hearts I knew that it was true.我不想相信此事，但我的真心想法觉得这确实是真的。set one’s heart on急于获得或举办：She’s set her heart on a big wedding.她非常想举行一个大型婚礼。take heart 受到鼓舞，充满信心：House owners can take heart from the news that property prices are starting to rise again. 得到房价即将重新提升的消息，房主们就能充满信心。 take…to heart （把批评、建议等）放在心上：Don’t take it to heart - he was only joking about your hair. 你别放在心上了，他只是对你的头发开开玩笑而已。to one’s heart’s content尽兴：The pool is open all day so you can swim to your heart’s content.游泳池整天开放，你可以去游个痛快。3. 中心(多和the连用)：reach the heart of the forest 到达森林中心；in the heart of Paris 在巴黎市中心 3. 勇气：gather heart 鼓起勇气：haven’t the heart to do sth. 没有勇气干某事