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

• She has to live cheek by jowl with oiks, people with tattoos and stolen videos.
  她不得不跟那些刺有文身、偷盗影碟的大老粗为邻。
• 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。
• 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。
• Apply the cream to the jowl, massage gently till to be absorbed completely after shaving.
  每次剃须后，将本品均匀的涂在下鄂，轻微按摩至完全吸收即可。
• My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.
  我家紧靠一家五金商店。
• STUDY ON "MONK PHENOMENON" OF SINO-JAPAN CONTACT IN THE NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY; The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages.
  浅析北宋时期中日交往中的僧侣现象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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
  房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。