cheek by jowl
緊挨著,非常親密地,親昵地;摩肩接踵,很擁擠
Jowl n. The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.]
Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity. “I will go with thee cheek by jole.” --Shak. “ Sits cheek by jowl.”
Cheek n.
1. The side of the face below the eye.
2. The cheek bone. [Obs.]
3. pl. Mech. Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit.
5. Founding A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.
6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang]
Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef.
Cheek bone Anat. the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate.
Cheek pouch Zool., a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.
Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.
Cheek tooth Anat., a hinder or molar tooth.
Butment cheek. See under Butment.
cheek by jowl
adv : in close proximity; "the houses were jumbled together cheek
by jowl"