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jawbreaker

/jaw-brey-ker/US // ˈdʒɔˌbreɪ kər //UK // (ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə) //

颚式破碎机,颚式粉碎机,颚式破碎器,颚式碎石机

Related Words

sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的bonbon盂兰盆会,盂兰盆节,邦邦,邦宝confectionery糖果,糖果业,糖果店,糖果类sweetmeat糖果,糖果酱,糖果类,糖果业confit表白,忏悔,忏悔录hokum胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯,骗局

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce: real jawbreakers like "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "antiangiogenic."
    • : a very hard, usually round, candy.
    • : Also called jaw crusher. Mining. a machine used to break up ore, consisting of a fixed plate and a hinged jaw moved by a toggle joint.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
sweet甜的,甜甜的,甜蜜的,甜美的bonbon盂兰盆会,盂兰盆节,邦邦,邦宝confectionery糖果,糖果业,糖果店,糖果类confit表白,忏悔,忏悔录hokum胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯,骗局sweetmeat糖果,糖果酱,糖果类,糖果业

Examples

  • His title is a jawbreaker: director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

  • He had been careful, however, to pick the jawbreaker up and put it in his mouth.

  • Well, you see, hes the only fellow in the club who knows how to pronounce the names of those Russian and Polish jawbreaker towns.

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