late 14c., "jaw, jawbone," from Middle French mandible and directly from Late Latin mandibula "jaw," from Latin mandere "to chew," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (cognates: Greek mastax "the mouth, that with which one chews; morsel, that which is chewed," masasthai "to chew," mastikhan "to gnash the teeth"). Of insect mouth parts from 1826.
雙語例句
1. But the retrusion of alveolar mandible led to chin protrusion.
前顱底和下頜骨發(fā)育正常,而下牙槽突代償性后縮可導(dǎo)致成年腭裂患者的假性頦前突.
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2. There is no long , mandible of lower jaw in the whale.
垂下來的長條狀的骨頭代替牙齒,它就是須鯨, 是世界上最大的動物.
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3. The upper lip and mandible of the insect are injured.
這個昆蟲的上唇和上顎都受了傷.
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4. The position relation between mandible and maxilla or cranioaural.
下頜骨對上頜骨乃至顱骨的位置關(guān)系.
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5. There is no long, slender mandible of lower jaw in the whale.