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单词 jaw-dropping
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Definition of jaw-dropping in English:

jaw-dropping

adjectiveˈdʒɔː drɒpɪŋdʒɔ ˈdrɑpɪŋ
informal
  • Amazing.

    a jaw-dropping display of slick trickery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perahia's never found wanting technically, and there are some jaw-dropping displays of speed and power
    • Sentimentality, blazing country, bluegrass and jaw-dropping performance make this an essential album.
    • Afterwards, all three put on a jaw-dropping a cappella gospel medley that left everyone's spine tingling with pleasure.
    • Visiting India, as an eight year old was one of the most jaw-dropping and exhilarating experiences I have ever had.
    • You may never usually watch such lowculture television but, trust me, the twisted ending they've dreamed up is jaw-dropping.

Derivatives

  • jaw-droppingly

  • adverb
    informal
    • And then, in the middle of all this angst comes a jaw-droppingly wonderful musical episode, with the whole cast breaking out in witty, tuneful songs advancing the plot creatively.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is a smattering of jaw-droppingly good tracks here.
      • His politics are jaw-droppingly simplistic for the most part, particularly from about the 15th film onwards, and yet you look back at them with great affection.
      • He's an Australian kestrel and he's jaw-droppingly stunning.
      • Not until the the jaw-droppingly inane finale on the Brooklyn Bridge are we put out of our misery, as the film attempts to realise its theme of spiritual and corporeal convergence.
 
 

Definition of jaw-dropping in US English:

jaw-dropping

adjectivedʒɔ ˈdrɑpɪŋjô ˈdräpiNG
informal
  • Amazing.

    jaw-dropping displays of genius
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You may never usually watch such lowculture television but, trust me, the twisted ending they've dreamed up is jaw-dropping.
    • Perahia's never found wanting technically, and there are some jaw-dropping displays of speed and power
    • Sentimentality, blazing country, bluegrass and jaw-dropping performance make this an essential album.
    • Afterwards, all three put on a jaw-dropping a cappella gospel medley that left everyone's spine tingling with pleasure.
    • Visiting India, as an eight year old was one of the most jaw-dropping and exhilarating experiences I have ever had.
 
 
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