亚洲网紅露点

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cheekbone

[ cheek-bohn ]

noun

  1. the zygomatic bone.
  2. the part of that bone below the eye forming the prominence of the cheek.
  3. the area of the cheek overlying this bone.


cheekbone

/ 藞迟蕛颈藧办藢产蓹蕣苍 /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for zygomatic bone malar
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cheekbone1

before 1000; Middle English chekbon, Old English ceacban. See cheek, bone ( def )
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He adored her high cheekbones and broken English.

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The trio adjust their poses and edit their faces in great detail - extending eyelashes and reshaping their cheekbones.

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PC Attwell, who was in court surrounded by family and colleagues, spent days in hospital with severe facial injuries including a fractured cheekbone, eye socket and broken nose.

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With his dark eyes and chiseled cheekbones, he was slotted into mostly boring love-interest roles.

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He was struck accidentally near his cheekbone as the Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin leapt for a rebound in the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center.

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