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

• "You're not to take that into consideration at all," said Jowl.
  这一点绝对用不着你来顾虑，兆尔说。
• 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。
• The people in the huts on the hillside are living cheek by jowl, and often there are quarrels and fights.
  山坡上小屋里的居民们住得很近，常有争吵和打架。
• Using the mini-massager and accessories to massage muscles, jowl and head, which can get rid of fatigues effectively.
  采用迷你按摩器及其配件对身体肌肉、面颊、头部进行按摩，可以有效的去除疲劳。
• 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。
• I thought that Jenny and Leo had a fight, but I saw them today in the cinema, cheek by jowl.
  我原以为Jenny和Leo吵架了，但是我今天在电影院里看见他们挺亲密的。
• He and traditional Internet are different, he and mobile phone tie together cheek by jowl.
  他与传统互联网不一样，他与手机是紧密结合在一起的。
• The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
  房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。
• The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages.
  他那郁郁寡欢的胖脸和阴沉的椭圆形下颚令人联想到中世纪作为艺术保护者的高僧。
• 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。