单词 | jawbone |
释义 | jawbone From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Humanjawbonejaw‧bone /ˈdʒɔːbəʊn $ ˈdʒɒːboʊn/ noun [countable]HBHHBABODYone of the bones that your teeth are in, especially the lower boneExamples from the Corpusjawbone• He took hold of the face and jawbone and tried to restore a more normal appearance.• Only the tightly clenched line of her jawbone revealed the enormous effort it was taking her just to stand upright.• Across the River Esk is a whale's jawbone arch, a reminder of the town's maritime history.• He passed scattered jawbones, pale twists of wood.• These gave it the appearance of the half-submerged jawbone of some long-dead behemoth.• When he turned his head to look at her the flesh folded underneath the jawbone into the beginnings of a double chin.• The jawbone felt as cold as a joint of beef in a supermarket deep-freeze. |
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