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- a man with heavy jowls
下巴底下一堆肉的男人
- a man with heavy jowls
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.- 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。
- She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.
英英释义
noun
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
双语例句
- 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。 - How can there be pier glass in the girl's home, and must be next to cheek by jowl with almirah, live not to want otherwise a lot of less beauty and fun?
女孩的家里怎么能没有穿衣镜呢，而且一定要和衣橱紧密挨着，否则生活岂不要少了很多漂亮和乐趣？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Fiction will be much the better for standing cheek by jowl with poetry and philosophy.
小说如果和诗歌以及哲学紧密联系的话将会变得更好。 - "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。 - 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 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。