jowl

英[dʒaʊl]
美[dʒaʊl]

意思解释

n. 颌,颚骨,面颊

变化形式

复数: jowls

中文词源

jowl 双下巴,下颌垂肉

来自古英语ceole,喉咙,来自PIE*gwele,吞食,吞咽,词源同glut,gullet.拼写受jaw影响。引申词义下颌垂肉,双下巴。

用法例句

The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl .
房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。
Show distorted acres of cheek and jowl .
硕大的面颊和下巴也扭曲变形了。
Rich and poor were sitting cheek by jowl in the audience .
富人和穷人在观众中紧靠著坐。
We 'll never get through that crowd of people ; they are packed in there cheek and jowl .
我们将无法从那人群中穿过去,他们那里挤得水泄不通。
A lot of seeing seem irrelvant thing , connect cheek by jowl actually .
许多看似不相关的东西,其实紧密相联。