jowl

英 [d?a?l] 美[d?a?l]

近義詞cheek

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?jowls;

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。

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 k?ft, 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.

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.: 她和家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(gè)小偷同一個(gè)警察親切地坐在一起,這看上去很不協(xié)調(diào).

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, 他們那里擠得水泄不通.