Lockjaw
['lɒkdʒɔː] or ['lɑkdʒɔ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you have lockjaw, signifies there is trouble ahead for you, as some person is going to betray your confidence. For a woman to see others with lockjaw, foretells her friends will unconsciously detract from her happiness by assigning her unpleasant tasks. If stock have it, you will lose a friend.
整理:莉莲
例句/造句/用法:
- I am not reckless enough to try to pronounce it when I am awake, but I make a stagger at it in my dreams, and get up with the lockjaw in the morning. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He had his foot crushed while laying the foundation of one of the stone piers, and died of lockjaw. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- And then the lockjaw closes down and nips off a couple of the last syllables--but they taste good. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Bacillus of Cholera identified by Koch, Bacillus of Diphtheria by Loeffler, and Bacillus of Lockjaw by Nicolaier. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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