jowl是什么意思？

jowl

英[dʒaʊl] 美[dʒaʊl]

• n. 颌，颚骨，面颊；

复数：jowls;

例句

• 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。
• My house stands cheek by jowl with hers. 我家与她家紧邻.
• 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。
• This and rationalize of afterwar industry structure and advanced the development that cheek by jowl. 这与战后产业结构合理化与高级化的发展是紧密相联的.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  下颌垂肉；（尤指）双下巴
  You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw.
• PHRASE
  紧紧靠着；紧挨着
  If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth
  2. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)