单词 | cheek-bone |
释义 | ˈcheek-bone Forms: see cheek n. and bone. †1. The bone of the lower jaw, the jaw-bone.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 157 Mandibula, ceacban. c1340Cursor M. 1073 (Trin.) Wiþ a cheke boon of an asse Men sayn abel slayn wasse. c1380Sir Ferumb. 5650 Al to-dryue Ys chekbon neȝ a-two. 1400Gamelyn 850 Gamelyn cleued his chike bone. c1440Promp. Parv. 72 Chekebone..chavylbone. 1535Coverdale Judg. xv. 16 With the cheke bone of an asse haue I slayne a thousande men. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 115 His cheekebones would be even and small. 1611Bible Ps. iii. 7. 2. The bone above the cheek forming the lower boundary of the orbits of the eyes.
1820Scott Abbot xxvi, Little could be seen besides two brown cheek-bones. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 363/2 The Ethiopian variety..cheek-bones prominent. |

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