jaw

顎、下顎、下巴

He broke his jaw in a cycling accident last summer.

他去年夏天在一場自行車事故中下顎骨折。

嘴、口常用複數

The shark opened its jaws and swallowed the fish whole.

鯊魚張開大口，把整條魚吞了下去。

鉗口、夾爪常用複數

Tighten the jaws of the clamp until the wood stops moving.

把夾具的鉗口鎖緊，直到木頭不再移動。

險境、關口多用於片語

The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

這支球隊在敗局已定之際硬是搶下勝利。

閒聊、閒扯口語

They sat on the porch jawing about old times for hours.

他們坐在門廊上閒聊往事，聊了好幾個小時。