jowl

• n. 颌；颚骨；面颊
• vt. 碰；摇动
• vi. 颠簸前进；敲钟

来自古英语ceole,喉咙，来自PIE*gwele,吞食，吞咽，词源同glut,gullet.拼写受jaw影响。引申词义下颌垂肉，双下巴。

1. the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth

2. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)

jowl

jowl: English has two words jowl, which are quite close together in meaning but are etymologically unrelated. The older, which means ‘jaw’, goes back ultimately to Old English ceafl. It is now encountered virtually only in the expression ‘cheek by jowl’. Jowl ‘flesh around the throat’ (now usually used in the plural) first appears in the 16th century. It may well be a development of Middle English cholle, which in turn probably goes back to Old English ceole ‘throat’ (a relative of German kehle ‘throat’).

jowl (n.1)

"jaw," 1570s, alteration of Middle English chawl (late 14c.), chavel (early 14c.), from Old English ceafl, from Proto-Germanic *kefalaz (cognates: Middle High German kiver, German kiefer, Old Norse kjoptr "jaw," Danish kæft, Flemish kavel, Dutch kevel "gum"), from PIE *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (cognates: Old Irish gop, Irish gob "beak, mouth"). The change from ch- to j- has not been explained.

jowl (n.2)

"fold of flesh under the jaw," 1590s, alteration of Middle English cholle "fold of flesh hanging from the jaw" (c. 1300), perhaps from Old English ceole "throat," from PIE root *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see glut (v.)). This word and jowl (n.1) influenced one another in form and sense.

a man with heavy jowls

下巴底下一堆肉的男人

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Some people say the unions and this government are cheek by jowl.

有人说工会与这届政府关系密切,有如唇齿相依.

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They live cheek by jowl in the village.

他们住在这个村子里,房子紧挨着.

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You will never get through that crowd of people; they are packed in there cheek by jowl.

你无法从那群人中穿过去, 他们那里挤得水泄不通.

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The building stands cheek by jowl with the centre square.

这幢建筑坐落在紧紧靠着中心广场的地方.

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My house stands cheek by jowl with hers.

我家与她家紧邻.

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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.

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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.

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Rich and poor were sitting jowl in the audience.

富人和穷人在观众中并肩而坐.

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It has by tens of thousands nerve ending and nerve center connect cheek by jowl.

它有成千上万的神经末梢与神经中枢紧密相联.

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My house stands cheek by jowl with a department store.

我家紧靠一家百货商店.

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The houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl.

房屋混乱地紧靠在一起.

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Rich and poor were sitting cheek by jowl in the audience.

富人和穷人在观众中紧靠著坐.

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This and rationalize of afterwar industry structure and advanced the development that cheek by jowl.

这与战后产业结构合理化与高级化的发展是紧密相联的.

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A lot of seeing seem irrelevant thing, connect cheek by jowl actually.

许多看似不相关的东西, 其实紧密相联.

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My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.

我家紧靠一家五金商店.

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We were standing, cheek by jowl with the doctor, nurse and patient and spun.

我们站着, 房间实在太小,我们的脸颊几乎和大夫 、 护士、患者的脸颊贴在了一起.

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The Chinese Communist is contacted together cheek by jowl with advanced culture namely.

中国共产党从来就是与先进文化紧密联系在一起的.

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We'll never get through that crowd of people; they're packed in there cheek and jowl.

我们将无法从那人群中穿过去, 他们那里挤得水泄不通.

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Raise quality of the whole people and the construction that strengthen a party cheek by jowl.

提高全民素质与加强党的建设紧密相联.

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We see the union leaders cheek by jowl with the capitalists.

我们看到工会领导人和资本家们打得火热.

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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.

《简明英汉词典》

USAGE: Apply the cream to the jowl, massage gently till to be absorbed completely after shaving.

用法: 每次剃须后,将本品均匀的涂在下鄂, 轻微按摩至完全吸收即可.

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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。

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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。

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