jawfallen

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Dejected, dispirited. archaic
    — He was pitifully jawfallen. As the guards jogged him out of the room he waved me a farewell.
  2. Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw. obsolete
    — Legion is a yelping Cur, he only made a noise behind their Backs, but durst not look them in the Face. Indeed then he did make a slip, or broke his Halter, but now he's Chain'd or Jawfallen, for I han't heard of him never since.

词形变化

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词源

From jaw + fallen.
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