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

• For two years we lived cheek by jowl with them.
  两年来我们与他们相处得亲密无间。
• The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
  房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。
• 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。
• Fiction will be much the better for standing cheek by jowl with poetry and philosophy.
  小说如果和诗歌以及哲学紧密联系的话将会变得更好。
• "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。
• You'll never get through that crowd of people; they're packed in there cheek by jowl.
  你将无法从那一堆人群中穿过，他们那里挤得水泄不通。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。