jaw·bone /ˈʤɔˌbon/
 顎骨,下顎骨,信用(vi.)(vt.)賒買


 jaw·bone /ˈʤɔˈbon, ˌbon/ 名詞
 下巴骨


 Jaw·bone n. The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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 jaw·bone v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. jawboned p. pr. & vb. n. jawboning.] To attempt to influence solely by talking, as contrasted with threatening or inducing by other means, e.g. legislation; esp. to make public appeals in order to influence the behavior of businessmen or labor leaders; -- used especially of the President or other high government officials; as, to jawbone businessmen into forgoing price increases.

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 jawbone
      n : the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the
          mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, {mandibular
          bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jowl]
      v : talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze,
           shmoose, schmooze, schmoose]


 Jaw-bone
    of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of
    the Philistines (Judg. 15.15), in which he slew a thousand men.
    In verse 19 the Authorized Version reads, "God clave a hollow
    place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout." This
    is a mis-translation of the words. The rendering should be as in
    the Revised Version, "God clave the hollow place that is in
    Lehi," etc., Lehi (q.v.) being the name of the hill where this
    conflict was waged, possibly so called because it was in shape
    like a jaw-bone.