jowl

英 [dʒaʊl]

美 [dʒaʊl]

n. 双下巴; 下颌垂肉

复数：jowls　

BNC.23036 / COCA.21043

习惯用语

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

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？
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。
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。
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。
The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages.
他那郁郁寡欢的胖脸和阴沉的椭圆形下颚令人联想到中世纪作为艺术保护者的高僧。
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。
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。
Show distorted acres of cheek and jowl.
硕大的面颊和下巴也扭曲变形了。
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。