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| 1 | C the lower part of your face that includes your chin and your bottom teeth 下颌；下巴 |
| He suffered a broken jaw in the accident. 他在事故中把下巴碰破了。 |
| a firm/square jaw 结实的下巴/方下巴 |
| | 1a | the part of your mouth where your teeth grow 颌；腭 | |
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| 2 | jaws plural the parts of a machine that open and close , either to hold something or to pick something up and move it from one place to another place （机器的）钳口 |
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| - | in the jaws of sth
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| in an extremely unpleasant emotional state , or in a frightening , physically dangerous situation |
| 在某种极度不愉快的精神状态中；在某种险境中 |
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| in the jaws of defeat/madness 在胜负关头/在极度的疯狂中 |
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| - | sb’ s jawdropped
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| used for saying that someone is very surprised or shocked |
| 某人惊诧得张口结舌 |
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