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

• 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。
• But hold on: do women really want to turn Dad's Army into Mum's Army, a posse of latter-day Amazons braving the front line, cheek by jowl with their male counterparts?
  但且慢：女性真的想把爹爹军变为娘子军吗？一支强悍刚勇的现代娘子军要在前线与她们的男同胞们并肩冲锋陷阵？
• How can there be pier glass in the girl's home, and must be next to cheek by jowl with almirah, live not to want otherwise a lot of less beauty and fun?
  女孩的家里怎么能没有穿衣镜呢，而且一定要和衣橱紧密挨着，否则生活岂不要少了很多漂亮和乐趣？
• 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 department store. Mine is an old family.
  我家是一个旧式家庭。
• The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
  房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。