jaw

[dʒɔ:]

n.颚, 颌, 下巴, 钳口, 说教
v.喋喋不休, 教训

n.

1. 颌; 颚[C]

2. 下颌, 下巴[C]

3. 口部, 嘴[P]

The panther held a snake in its jaws.

豹子嘴里咬着一条蛇。

4. (山谷, 水道等的)狭窄入口[P]

5. (工具, 机械等)夹住东西的部分, 钳口[P]

6. 【口】闲谈, 唠叨[U][C]

vi.

【口】闲聊, 唠叨; 责骂, 数说

I can't spend all day jawing with you.

我不能整天和你唠叨。

vt.

【口】对……唠叨; 责骂

She jawed him all day about that.

她为那事数说了他一整天。

词形变化

形容词: jawless | 动词过去式: jawed | 动词过去分词: jawed | 动词现在分词: jawing | 动词第三人称单数: jaws |

词义辨析

同义:

n.颌, 颚

jawbone  maxilla  mandible  jowl

n.狭窄的入口, 危险的境遇

craggy opening  entrance  ingress  entryway  orifice  aperture  

同义参见:

cheek  

英英释义

名词 jaw:

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

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

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

动词 jaw:

talk socially without exchanging too much information

同义词：chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver, visit

talk incessantly and tiresomely

同义词：yack, yack away, rattle on, yap away

chew (food)

同义词：chew, masticate, manducate

censure severely or angrily

同义词：call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

短语词组

be all jaw

1. 全是空话

What he said is all jaw.

他说的全是空话。

wag one's jaw

1. 喋喋不休

She often wagged her jaw.

她常常喋喋不休。

补充

jawjaw英:[dʒɔ:] 美:[dʒɔ]n.1.颌, 颚The lower jaw is movable.下巴是可以活动的。2.狭窄入口The guide slowly led through the pass's jaws.向导慢慢地通过狭隘的关口。vi.1.闲谈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。

例句

1. He thought for a moment, stroking his well-defined jaw.他摸着自己棱角分明的下巴沉思了片刻。 2. a forest rodent with powerful jaws颌骨发达的森林啮齿目动物 3. His jaw dropped in surprise.他惊讶得下巴都快掉下来了。 4. Enough of your jaw! Impertinence!别胡说啦！太无礼了！ 5. We had a jaw about old times.我们聊了聊过去。 6. Why don't you quit jawing and pour that drink?为什么不先停止聊天去倒杯饮料呢？ 7. He was jawed for making that mistake.他因犯了那个过错而遭到斥责。 8. The two women jawed together all day about their children.那两位妇女唠叨了一整天有关她们孩子的事。 9. Why don't you stop jawing at her like that? Can't you see how regretful she is?别再那样无休止地数落她了，难道你看不出她有多后悔吗? 10. to jaw somebody数落某人 11. she suffered a broken jaw.她下颌破裂。 12. victory was snatched from the jaws of defeat.反败为胜。 13. a passenger stepping from the jaws of a car ferry.一名从汽车轮渡船出口走出的乘客。 14. committee work is just endless jaw.委员会的工作无非是没完没了的絮叨。 15. [count noun]we ought to have a jaw.我们应当聊一聊。 16. he could still hear men jawing away about the vacuum cleaners.他依然能听到人们不断在聊真空吸尘器。 17. [in combination]square-jawed young men.方下巴的年轻人。 18. the lower/upper jaw下╱上颌 19. The lion came towards him with its jaws open.狮子张着嘴，朝他走来。 20. the jaws of a vice老虎钳口 21. He broke his upper/lower jaw.他磕断了上颌骨/下颌骨。 22. The crocodile tried to grab him in its jaws. [=mouth]那只鳄鱼试图用嘴咬他。 23. the jaws of a tiger/shark虎口；鲨鱼口 24. He barely escaped from the jaws of death. [=he barely escaped death]他九死一生。 25. The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat [=the team won after almost losing] by scoring in the final seconds of the game.这个队反败为胜。 26. I'd like to give that guy a punch in the jaw.我真想给那家伙的下巴来一拳。 27. the jaws of a vise台钳的钳夹 28. His jaw dropped when he heard who had won.他一听到胜者是谁后便目瞪口呆了。 29. The coach was jawing with/at the referee.那名教练正在和裁判愤怒地争执。 30. She was on the phone jawing with her sister all night.她在电话里和妹妹唠叨了一晚上。