lockjaw

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lock·jaw /ˈlɒkdʒɔː $ ˈlɑːkdʒɒː/ noun [uncountable] informal MItetanus 破伤风

Examples from the Corpus

lockjaw• He's trying so hard to force his teeth through that wodge of food he's in danger of developing lockjaw.• They haven't stopped smiling for at least two decades, which suggests an extremely bad case of lockjaw.

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tetanus Corpus

lockjaw
lock‧jaw /ˈlɒkdʒɔː $ ˈlɑːkdʒɒː/

noun [uncountable] informal
tetanus

lock·jaw

BrE

/ˈlɒkdʒɔː/

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NAmE

/ˈlɑːkdʒɔː/

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noun

[uncountable]

(

old-fashioned,

informal

)

a form of the disease

tetanus

in which the jaws become stiff and closed 牙关紧闭；口噤