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单词 lantern-jaws
释义

lantern-jawsn.

Brit. /ˈlantənˌdʒɔːz/, U.S. /ˈlæn(t)ərnˌdʒɔz/, /ˈlæn(t)ərnˌdʒɑz/
Long thin jaws, giving a hollow appearance to the cheek.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [noun] > types of cheek
chuff1530
bladder chops1549
piper's cheeks1602
reds1616
lockram jaws1682
trumpet-cheek1693
lantern-jaws1711
lantern-face1795
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 163 Hongur..buffetede the Brutiner aboute bothe his chekes; He lokede lyk a lanterne al his lyf after.]
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶5 A Plowman..being very lucky in a Pair of long Lanthorn-Jaws, wrung his face into..an hideous Grimace.
1778 J. Wolcot Poetic Epist. Reviewers in Wks. (1812) I. 3 The censure dire my lantern jaws will rue.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 139 His lantern jaws and long chin assumed the appearance of a pair of nut-crackers.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 255 Drink yourself, and light up your lantern jaws, old boy.

Derivatives

lantern-jawed adj. having lantern-jaws.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having
blob-cheeked1552
bright-cheekeda1560
plum-cheeked1598
chub-faced1602
white-cheekedc1602
chuffy1611
lantern-jawed1699
lockram-jawed1699
blubber-cheeked1711
chub-cheeked1715
lank-jawed1778
apple-faced1781
chubby-faced1826
apple-cheeked1827
lank-cheeked1838
bag-cheeked1839
poke-cheeked1843
maiden-cheeked1866
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lantern jaw'd, a very lean, thin faced Fellow.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 372 A Lanthorn-Jaw'd Woman, with a Hatchet-Face.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 30 To give himself a lantern-jawed look.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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