cheekbone

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
    — She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

词形变化

cheekbones plural cheek bone alternative

词源

From Middle English chekebon, chekbone, from Old English ċēacbān (“cheekbone”); equivalent to cheek + bone. Compare Dutch kaakbeen (“jawbone”).
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