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单词 crack-jaw
释义 crack-jaw, a.|ˈkrækdʒɔː|
[f. crack v. + jaw n.]
Fit to crack the jaws; difficult to pronounce. Also transf.
1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. xiii. 237 A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw names.1862H. Marryat Year in Sweden I. 232 The names are far too crackjaw.1886G. Allen Maimie's Sake v, Your outlandish crack jaw foreigner lingo.1920Beerbohm Let. 18 May (1964) 249 Oh the tedious, crack-jaw, arid intellectual snobbery of Diana [of the Crossways]!
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