jowl

jowl

英 [dʒaʊl]
　　美 [dʒaʊl]

n. 頜；顎骨；面頰
　　vt. 碰；搖動
　　vi. 顛簸前進；敲鐘

中文詞源：

jowl 雙下巴，下頜垂肉

來自古英語ceole,喉嚨，來自PIE*gwele,吞食，吞咽，詞源同glut,gullet.拼寫受jaw影響。引申詞義下頜垂肉，雙下巴。

例句：

1. 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、偷盜影碟的大老粗為鄰。

2. She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.
她和傢人不得不緊挨著這些人住著。

3. It was incongruous to see a thief sitting there cheek by jowl with the policeman.
一個小偷同一個警察親切地坐在一起,這看上去很不協調.

4. My house stands cheek by jowl with hers.
我傢與她傢緊鄰.

5. We'll never get through that crowd of people; they're packed in there cheek and jowl.
我們將無法從那人群中穿過去, 他們那裡擠得水泄不通.