| 单词 | jowl |
| 释义 | jowl (once / 7074 pages) n Jowls are excess flesh around the jaw and cheeks that tends to grow as people get older. The jowl is also the lower jaw, which is hinged so the mouth can open, in vertebrates. The two meanings of jowl both relate to the jaw. In some cases, jowl literally means jaw, as in the hinged lower jaw of vertebrates. Without a jowl, you wouldn't be able to open your mouth. The jowl can also be called the jawbone, lower jawbone, mandible, or submaxilla. The other kind of jowl — usually called jowls — are loose, fleshy areas around the jaw and lower cheeks. Older people are more likely to have jowls, especially if they are overweight. WORD FAMILYjowl: jowls, jowly USAGE EXAMPLESSymptoms of the contagious, viral disease include fever, headache and swelling of the cheeks and jowl. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) Even distilled to little more than jowls, a widow’s peak and a schnoz, the characterization looks unmistakably like Richard Nixon. Salon(Nov 28, 2016) “Even when living cheek by jowl with other people, we can all be lost,” Butler said. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) 1n a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) Hyper feature, lineament the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin 2n the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth Syn|Hypo|Hyper jawbone, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla lantern jaw a long thin lower jaw articulator a movable speech organ jawthe part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth |
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