jowl /dʒaʊl/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down toward their jaw. 面颊 [文学性] [usu pl]

• 2. 

  N-COUNT the jaw, esp the lower one 下颌

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other. 紧挨着

  例：

  She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.

  她和家人不得不紧挨着这些人住着。