| 单词 | jaw |
| 释义 | jaw (once / 322 pages) 1nv 2n Your jaw is the bottom, hinged part of your skull that holds your teeth. When you have a cavity, it can make your whole jaw hurt. In humans, our jaw is the bony part of the head that contains our mouth and teeth. All animals with spines have jaws. Besides this anatomical meaning, you can use jaw as a verb to mean "chat." You might love to get together with your friends and jaw about unimportant things. You can also say "My jaw dropped" to mean "I was shocked or amazed." Jaw comes from the Old French joue, which means "cheek or jaw." WORD FAMILYjaw: jawed, jawing, jawless, jaws USAGE EXAMPLESHe sports dark stubble that blurs the chiselled jaw that matches his sportman’s physique. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) To save Mr. Muñiz’s life, surgeons removed his tongue and his lower jaw and cut a hole through his esophagus. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) My jaw dropped when I read the words, “Please find enclosed a letter from your donor.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth Hypo|Hyper jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth maxilla, maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbonethe jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium chopa jaw lantern jawa long thin lower jaw bone, os rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates 2n the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth Hyper feature, lineament the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin 3v talk socially without exchanging too much information Syn|Hypo|Hyper chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze talk idly or casually and in a friendly way converse, discourse carry on a conversation 4v talk incessantly and tiresomely Syn|Hyper rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 5v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth He jawed his bubble gum Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew, manducate, masticate champ, chomp chew noisily champchafe at the bit, like horses gum, mumblegrind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty chawchew without swallowing crunch, munchchew noisily gnawbite or chew on with the teeth grate, grind make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 6v censure severely or angrily 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws n holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object Hyper holding device a device for holding something |
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