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

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。
My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
我家是一个旧式家庭。
STUDY ON "MONK PHENOMENON" OF SINO-JAPAN CONTACT IN THE NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY; The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages.
浅析北宋时期中日交往中的僧侣现象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。
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。
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。
My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.
我家紧靠一家五金商店。
Using the mini-massager and accessories to massage muscles, jowl and head, which can get rid of fatigues effectively.
采用迷你按摩器及其配件对身体肌肉、面颊、头部进行按摩，可以有效的去除疲劳。
Show distorted acres of cheek and jowl.
硕大的面颊和下巴也扭曲变形了。
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。
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。