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

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。
I thought that Jenny and Leo had a fight, but I saw them today in the cinema, cheek by jowl.
我原以为Jenny和Leo吵架了，但是我今天在电影院里看见他们挺亲密的。
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。
My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.
我家紧靠一家五金商店。
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。
They live cheek by jowl in the village.
他们住在这个村子里，房子紧挨着。
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？
"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。
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。
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。