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词汇 slack-jawed
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slack-jawed adj.

1882, "over-talkative," from slack-jaw (n.) "impertinent language" (1797), from slack (adj.) + colloquial jaw "rude talk, abusive clamor" (1748; see jaw (n.)). The meaning "open-mouthed and speechless" from astonishment, stupidity, etc., is attested from 1905, with more of the literal sense of jaw (n.). See slack (adj.) for similar compounds.

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