chavel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The jaw, especially of an animal. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To chew. UK,dialectal,transitive
    — The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter.

词形变化

chavels plural chavels present,singular,third-person chavelling participle,present chavelled participle,past chavelled past

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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