chest: [OE] Chest comes ultimately from Greek kístē ‘box, basket’. In Latin this became cista (source of English cistern [13]). In prehistoric times the word was borrowed into Germanic as *kistā, which was the source of Old English cest. This still meant ‘box’, a sense which continued in isolation until the 16th century, when it was first applied to the ‘thorax’ – the basis of the metaphor presumably being that the ribs enclose the heart and lungs like a box. It has since replaced breast as the main term for the concept. => cistern
chest (n.)
Old English cest "box, coffer, casket," from Proto-Germanic *kista (cognates: Old Norse and Old High German kista, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, German kiste, Dutch kist), an early borrowing from Latin cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "a box, basket," from PIE *kista "woven container." Meaning extended to "thorax" 1520s, replacing breast (n.), on the metaphor of the ribs as a box for the organs. Chest of drawers is from 1590s.
例文
1. I feel it 's done me good to get it off my chest .
私は苦い水を吐くことが私に良いと感じています。
2.Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest .
息を吐き、膝をリラックスさせて胸に寄せる。
3.After more misses,they finally put two arrows into the lion 's chest .
また何度か射ずれた後、彼らはついに2本の矢をライオンの胸に射し込んだ。
4.Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain.
軽い胸の痛みしか感じなくても、トレーニングを続けないでください。
5.He started flailing around and hitting Vincent in the chest .