0 the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body -- 心臟
1 used to refer to a person's character, or the place within a person where feelings or emotions are considered to come from -- 性情;內心;心腸
I love you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart (= very sincerely). 我愛你,我的愛是發自內心的。
I love you with all my heart (= very much). 我深愛著你。
He said he'd never marry but he had a change of heart (= his feelings changed) when he met her. 他說永遠都不結婚,可是碰到她後他就改變了主意。
Homelessness is a subject very close/dear to her heart (= is very important to her and she has strong feelings about it). 她非常關心無家可歸者的問題。
He broke her heart (= made her very sad) when he left her for another woman. 他爲了另一個女人離開了她,這讓她的心都碎了。
It breaks my heart (= makes me feel very sad) to see him so unhappy. 看見他如此不高興,我心裡十分難過。
They say he died of a broken heart (= because he was so sad). 他們說他死於憂傷過度。
old-fashioned It does my heart good (= makes me very happy) to see those children so happy. 看到那些孩子如此快樂,我很開心。
His heart leaped (= he suddenly felt very excited and happy) when the phone rang. 電話鈴響了,他的心興奮得怦怦直跳。
2 the central or most important part -- 中心,中央;重點,要點
The demonstrators will march through the heart of the capital. 示威者將遊行穿過首都的中心地區。
A disagreement about boundaries is at the heart of the dispute. 爭議的焦點就是邊界問題。
Let's get to the heart of the matter. 讓我們考慮一下最關鍵的事情。
artichoke hearts 洋薊心
the heart of a lettuce 生菜心
3 courage, determination, or hope -- 勇氣;決心;希望
4 a shape, consisting of two half circles next to each other at the top and a V shape at the bottom, often coloured pink or red and used to represent love -- (用來表示愛情的)心形
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。