jaw

英 [dʒɔː] 美 [dʒɔː]

• n. 颚；颌；下巴；钳口；说教
• v. 喋喋不休；教训

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]颌,颚

   either of the bone structures containing the teeth

2. [P]狭窄入口

   narrow mouth of a valley, channel, etc.

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 颌，颚
2. 口部，嘴，口腔
3. 钳口
4. 狭窄入口，狭口
5. 下巴，下颌，上下颌
6. 夹住东西的部分，夹片
7. 咽喉
8. 【机】爪
9. 虎钳牙
10. 钳夹部份
11. 叉头
12. 危险境遇

v. 动词

1. 责骂，数说，训斥，辱骂，谩骂，申斥，教训
2. <口> （向...）唠叨，噜苏，嘟囔
3. 唠唠叨叨地训斥，唠唠叨叨地责备
4. 没完没了提，喋喋不休
5. <口>闲聊，闲谈，聊天
6. 试图用言语说服某人，用言语向某人施加压力

英英释义

Noun:

1. the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

2. the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

3. holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

Verb:

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information;

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   

2. talk incessantly and tiresomely

3. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth;

   "He jawed his bubble gum"
   "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"
   "The cows were masticating the grass"
   

4. censure severely or angrily;

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
   "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.
   强健的方颚是性格坚定的象征。
2. He fell from a ladder, and broke his jaw bone.
   他从梯子上掉了下来，摔伤了颌骨。
3. Give him a sock on the jaw!
   给他下巴上来一拳！
4. On hearing the news, his jaw dropped.
   听到这个消息，他惊讶得张口结舌。
5. Broken pipes adopt a hacksaw or a saw without teeth.The size of pipe needing to cut should be exact.Put pipes on the center of pressure jaw, and keep fractures even.
   断管采用钢锯或无齿锯，需断切的管子尺寸准确，将管子置于压力钳口中心卡紧，断口平齐。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Whenever my wife and her mother get together they jaw away for hours.
   每当我妻子和她母亲相聚时，她们总要聊上数小时。
2. She jawed him all day about that.
   她为那事数说了他一整天。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The lower jaw is movable.
   下巴是可以活动的。
2. This is a man with tireless jaws.
   这是一个喋喋不休的人。
3. The guide slowly led through the pass's jaws.
   向导慢慢地通过关隘的狭口。

经典引文

• He had a clean-shaven jaw.

  出自： M. Moorcock

• He did see some jaws drop in fear.

  出自： J. A. Michener

• They've been jawing about the new hydro plant for ten hours.

  出自： G. Benford

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

jaws of death

险境,鬼门关place 〔point〕 at which one is in danger of dying

one's jaw drops

吃惊; 失望one shows sudden surprise or disappointment

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• dislocate one's jaw 使某人的下颌脱臼
• hold one's jaw 住嘴
• move one's jaw 动颚
• set one's jaw 咬紧牙关

形容词+～

• lower〔upper〕 jaw 下〔上〕颚

～+介词

• the jaws of death 死神的魔爪

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期，直接源自古法语的joue，意为面颊，颚。

近反义词

【近义词】

• jawbone 颚骨
• jowl 颌
• mandible 上颚
• maxilla [解]颌骨
• chin 颏
• jawline 下颌的轮廓
• mouth 嘴
• chops 颌
• entrance 入口
• entryway 入口
• ingress 进入
• aperture 孔
• orifice 孔
• cheek 面颊
• craggy 多峭壁的
• opening 开口
• chew out 严厉责备
• chatter 饶舌
• reproof 斥责
• trounce 痛打
• natter 唠叨
• chitchat 闲谈
• yack (=yackety-ya...
• chew up 损害
• chide 斥责
• confabulate 闲谈
• confab 会议
• masticate 咀嚼（食物）...
• shoot the breeze 闲聊
• call down 祈求
• bawl out 大声斥责
• remonstrate 表示异议
• rag 破布
• visit 拜访
• claver <苏格兰>闲谈...
• scold 责骂
• dress down 狠狠地训斥
• chew the fat 闲聊
• lambaste 痛打
• reprimand 训斥
• chew 咀嚼
• berate 〈正式或文〉严厉责备...
• take to task 责备
• rebuke 指责
• rattle on 喋喋不休地讲话...
• gossip 流言蜚语
• chat 闲谈
• Lambast 狂打
• lecture 讲课
• manducate <罕> 咀嚼
• chaffer 讲价
• chit-chat 无聊话