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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
  我家是一个旧式家庭。
• It was incongruous to see a thief sitting there cheek by jowl with the policeman.
  一个小偷同一个警察亲切地坐在一起，这看上去很不协调。
• 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 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。
• They live cheek by jowl in the village.
  他们住在这个村子里，房子紧挨着。
• 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。
• Peace and war exist cheek by jowl in the world today.
  当今世界存在着战争与和平这对孪生兄弟。