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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• "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。
• My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
  我家是一个旧式家庭。
• 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。