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
- My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store. Mine is an old family.
我家是一个旧式家庭。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.
房子紧密又杂乱地建筑着。 - 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。 - These are contacted cheek by jowl with the system feature of Chinese stock market.
这些都是与中国股票市场的制度特征紧密联系的。 - 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？ - 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。