jaw
noun uk/dʒɔː/ us/dʒɑː/
(BODY PART)
B2 [ C ]下颌，下巴
the lower part of your face that moves when you open your mouth
a broken jaw 骨折的下颌
US a punch in the jaw 打在下巴上的一拳
UK a punch on the jaw 打在下巴上的一拳
He has a strong/square jaw. 他长着结实的／方下巴。
[ C ]颌;颚
either of the two bones in your mouth that hold your teeth
upper/lower jaw 上／下颚
jaws [ plural ] （尤指大型凶猛动物的）口部，嘴
the mouth of a person or animal, especially a large and frightening animal
The lion opened its jaws and roared. 狮子张开大嘴咆哮起来。
The dog approached, snapping its jaws.
We tried to pull the stick from the animal's jaws.
The cougar had its jaws clamped round the deer's leg.
They stared, horrified, at the jaws of a great white shark.
钳夹部分;钳口
something that opens and closes like the upper and lower parts of a mouth
His foot was caught in the jaws of the trap. 他的脚被夹在捕兽夹的钳口里。
They managed to save the fields from the jaws of the bulldozer.
We watched tons of black stone being fed into the jaws of the machine.
The wire ran through a small hole into the jaws of a peg.
Waste products are fed into the jaws of a giant grinding machine.
- More examples
- "I'm never going back to him, " she said, setting her jaw firmly.
- I could tell from the set of his jaw that he was angry.
- He socked the policeman on the jaw.
- She punched him square on the jaw.
- He jutted his jaw out defiantly.
(DANGER)
jaws[ plural ] 险境
something dangerous
The rescuers snatched the children from the jaws of death. 救援人员将孩子们从死亡的险境中救了出来。
For these men, it was a journey into the jaws of hell.
She had no idea whether she would be tossed into the jaws of the criminal justice system.
She tried to rescue him from the jaws of despair.
It's the story of a young girl snatched from the jaws of evil by a handsome hero.
(TALK)
[ S ] informal闲谈
a talk
I met Jane and we had a good jaw over lunch. 我遇到了简，并且在吃午饭时两个人好好聊了一番。
Idiom
someone's jaw drops (open)idiom 大吃一惊;惊讶得张口结舌
If someone's jaw drops (open), they look very surprised.
My jaw dropped open when she told me how old she was. 当她告诉我她的年纪时我大吃一惊。
jaw
verb [ I ] informal uk/dʒɔː/ us/dʒɑː/
喋喋不休，唠唠叨叨
to talk for a long time
He was jawing away to his girlfriend for hours on the phone. 他和女朋友煲了几个小时的电话粥。
Synonyms: natter yack