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

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。
He and traditional Internet are different, he and mobile phone tie together cheek by jowl.
他与传统互联网不一样，他与手机是紧密结合在一起的。
My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
我家是一个旧式家庭。
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。
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 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。
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？
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。
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。