释义 |
ˈunder-chap [under-1 5 b.] The lower jaw.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 29 Their vnderchappe doeth in a deformed manner stretch foorth it selfe beyond the vpper, as it is in many fishes. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 78 He striketh him with an yern,..griping his brain and underchaps, and so he fell down and disappeared. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. V. 382 The stork..produces no other noise than the clacking of its under chap against the upper. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii, The skin which lies between the under chaps. |