chavel

发音

/ˈt͡ʃævəl/

词形变化

chavels 复数 chavels chavelled chavelling chavels 三单 chavelling 现在分词 chavelled 过去式 chavelled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The jaw, especially of an animal.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To chew.

    英国 方言 及物

相关短语

chavel-bone

词源

From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more.

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