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 people in the huts on the hillside are living cheek by jowl, and often there are quarrels and fights.
山坡上小屋里的居民们住得很近，常有争吵和打架。
Scientific abstract magic art is linked together cheek by jowl with dialectical materialism, historical materialism.
科学的抽象法是与辩证唯物主义、历史唯物主义紧密相连的。
My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.
我家紧靠一家五金商店。
Methods 86 cases of jowl fractures were treated by rigid internal fixation technology with mini-titanium plate.
方法对86例以小（微）型钛板实施坚强内固定技术治疗的颌面部骨折患者进行回顾性分析。
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。
Today, our life never is contacted so cheek by jowl with all sorts of economy problems.
今天，我们的生活从来没有与各种经济问题联系得如此紧密。
They live cheek by jowl in the village.
他们住在这个村子里，房子紧挨着。
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？
My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
我家是一个旧式家庭。
"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。