jaw经典引文

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

1. 责骂，数说，训斥，辱骂，谩骂，申斥，教训
2. （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. 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

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.

1.下巴；下颌
Yourjaw is the lower part of your face below your mouth. The movement of your jaw is sometimes considered to express a particular emotion. For example, if yourjaw drops, you are very surprised.

e.g. He thought for a moment, stroking his well-definedjaw...
他摸着自己轮廓分明的下巴想了一会儿。
e.g. Meg'sjaw dropped in amazement...
梅格惊讶得目瞪口呆。

2.颌
A person's or animal'sjaws are the two bones in their head which their teeth are attached to.

e.g. ...a forest rodent with powerful jaws.
颌骨发达的森林啮齿类动物

3.危险的局面；令人不快的情形
If you talk about thejaws of something unpleasant such as death or hell, you are referring to a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

jaw的反义词

e.g. A family dog rescued a newborn boy from the jaws of death.
一只家养犬把一个新生男婴从鬼门关救了回来。
e.g. ...caught in the jaws of world recession.
陷入全球性经济衰退的危机之中

4. to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory -> see snatch
to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat -> see snatch

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

• 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

• ☆ 14世纪晚期，直接源自古法语的joue，意为面颊，颚。