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

• 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。
• My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.
  我家紧靠一家五金商店。
• 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。
• Show distorted acres of cheek and jowl.
  硕大的面颊和下巴也扭曲变形了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Again, the extraordinary linguistic hybrid: the "comfort levels" cheek by jowl with the jocular yet baffling reference to hair.
  这个非凡的语言混血儿再次大显身手：把“舒服程度”与诙谐逗趣却莫名其妙的头发放在一起说。
• 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。
• 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。