单词 | jawbone |
释义 | jawbonen. 1. Any bone of the jaws; spec. each of the two forming the lower jaw in most mammals, or the whole bone formed by their combination in others. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones jaw1382 jawbone1490 maxillary1826 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones > lower jowlOE chin-bonec1000 cheek boneOE chaft-bonea1300 mandible?a1425 chawle-bone1430 jawbone1490 chaw-bone1546 choule1573 chap1575 mandibula1704 inferior maxilla1846 submaxilla1877 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 562 He gaff constans soo grete a stroke vpon the ere, that he bare it awaye wyth all the iawe bone. 1551 Bible (Matthew's) Judges xv. 15 He founde a iaw-bone of a rotten asse..and slewe a thousande men therewith. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §750 The Iaw-Bones haue no Marrow Seuered, but a little Pulpe of Marrow diffused. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 129. ⁋7 It [a tooth] belong'd to the Jaw-Bone of a Saint. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xx. 104 The Chinese..appear to have broad cheeks with projecting jaw-bones. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvii. 190 The javelin entered underneath the ear By the jaw-bone. 1900 N.E.D. at Jaw-bone Mod. A pair of whale's jaw-bones forming a gateway. 2. An animal's jawbone used as a musical instrument; also, castanets or a jew's harp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > bones bone1600 snapper1605 knick-knack1650 marrowbones1714 rattle-bones1819 jawbone1844 knicky-knackers1876 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets snapper1605 castanet1647 knocker1648 crotaloa1682 knacker1691 crotalum1728 snip-snap1736 jawbone1844 crotal1850 clave1928 crotale1938 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > Jews' harp Jew's harp1481 Jew's trump1481 trumpc1550 juice harp1685 jaw harp1752 stang1808 guimbard1830 jawbone1844 Lochaber trump1863 mouth organ1877 mouth-harp1968 1790 W. Beckford Descriptive Acct. Jamaica II. 387 Their musical instruments..consist of..the jaw-bone of an animal, from which is produced a harsh and disagreeable sound.] 1844 in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. (1845) I. 14/2 Fowler..found the truant..at a dance house..playing the jaw bones or Castanets. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. v. 46 By the end of the 1880s New Orleans Negro musicians were no longer playing jawbones, hide-covered casks, or bamboo tubes. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 109 Jawbone, jawbone of a mule, ass, cow or other domestic animal used as a rattle. A North American plantation instrument. The jawbone was also struck or played with a nail or length of iron. 3. Credit. North American (originally Canadian) slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit creance1399 trust1509 credence?a1513 credit1542 tick1668 strap1828 jawbone1862 sock1874 cred1973 1862 Times 21 Oct. 9/4 Individuals who, in digger's parlance, live on jawbone (credit). 1885 A. S. Hill From Home to Home 413 His ready money gone, he has nothing to live on but ‘jawbone’, i.e. credit. 1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 33 Jawbone, credit. 1970 New Yorker 31 Oct. 130/3 A young Canadian..started this film on a small grant..and apparently finished it on jawbone and by deferring processing costs. 1971 A. P. McInnes Dunlevy 54 No jaw-bone credit is allowed and all bets must be matched with goods. Derivatives jawboning n. U.S. slang name applied to a policy, first associated with the administration of President Lyndon Johnson (1963–1969), of urging management and union leaders to adopt a policy of restraint in wage and price negotiations. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > an economic policy > specific policies and actions protection1719 co-operation1817 tariff-reform1859 monetary union1866 border protection1875 rationalization1875 tariffication1892 tariffade1904 inflationism1919 NEP1923 war communism1928 voodoo economics1930 substantivism1931 sterilization1938 deficit spending1941 deficit financing1943 tax-and-spend1956 indexation1960 stop-go1964 incomes policy1965 scala mobile1965 quantitative easing1966 jawboning1969 Nixonomics1969 developmentalism1970 degrowth1971 inflation-proofing1973 NEB1973 dollarization1982 fiscal engineering1982 Rogernomics1985 1969 Time 10 Oct. 57 As for jawboning, Nixon's Republican advisers consider it unfair and almost immoral to single out individual companies or industries. 1970 Daily Tel. 19 June 15 Policy will almost certainly concentrate on ‘jawboning’, the American tactic of trying belatedly to talk both sides of industry out of outlandish wage and price increases. 1970 Harper's Mag. Mar. 48 Lecturing business and labor on their responsibilities to hold down prices and wages—jawboning as it was called in the Johnson Administration—has been foregone. 1970 Times 7 Nov. 7/1 He criticized the Nixon Administration's decision on coming to office to drop the practice of ‘jawboning’, or presidential persuasion, on the prices and wages front. jawbone v. [as a back-formation] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [verb (intransitive)] > practise or advocate specific policies co-operate1830 tariff1909 deflate1919 revalue1925 inflate1940 jawbone1966 reflate1971 1966 N.Y. Times 2 Jan. iv. 2 Every price increase that happens to catch the public's eye must be ‘jawboned’ to death by the Government. 1969 Time 19 Sept. 32 Since June, Feather has been jawboning his union chiefs on the virtues of labor discipline on the shop floor. 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