jowl

英 [dʒaʊl]

美 [dʒaʊl]

n.  双下巴; 下颌垂肉

复数：jowls　

BNC.23036 / COCA.21043

习惯用语

n.

cheek by jowl (with sb/sth)
• （和…）紧靠着，紧挨着
  very close to sb/sth

牛津词典

noun

• 双下巴；下颌垂肉
  the lower part of sb's cheek when it is fat and hangs down below their chin
  1. a man with heavy jowls
     下巴底下一堆肉的男人

柯林斯词典

• 下颌垂肉；（尤指）双下巴
  You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as theirjowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw.
• PHRASE 紧紧靠着；紧挨着
  If you say that people or things arecheek by jowlwith each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other.
  1. She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.
     她和家人不得不紧挨着这些人住着。

英英释义

noun

• the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
  Synonym:lower jawmandiblemandibulamandibular bonesubmaxillalower jawbonejawbone
• a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)

双语例句

• Methods 86 cases of jowl fractures were treated by rigid internal fixation technology with mini-titanium plate.
  方法对86例以小（微）型钛板实施坚强内固定技术治疗的颌面部骨折患者进行回顾性分析。
• The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
  房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。
• They live cheek by jowl in the village.
  他们住在这个村子里，房子紧挨着。
• Today, our life never is contacted so cheek by jowl with all sorts of economy problems.
  今天，我们的生活从来没有与各种经济问题联系得如此紧密。
• If we are merely loquacious and loud talkers, then we can afford to stand very near together, cheek by jowl, and feel each other's breath;
  如果我们仅仅是蝶蝶不休、大声说话的人，那未，我们站得很近，紧紧挨着，彼此能相嘘以气的，这不要紧；
• Show distorted acres of cheek and jowl.
  硕大的面颊和下巴也扭曲变形了。
• Scientific abstract magic art is linked together cheek by jowl with dialectical materialism, historical materialism.
  科学的抽象法是与辩证唯物主义、历史唯物主义紧密相连的。
• Of idea of structure of the social confluence of ab extra crowd and regime, society, society change to connect cheek by jowl.
  外来人群的社会融合和社会制度、社会结构、社会观念的变革紧密相联。
• She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.
  她和家人不得不紧挨着这些人住着。
• I saw them sitting cheek by jowl in the theatre.
  我看见他们在戏院里亲昵地坐在一起。