muscle
英 [ˈmʌsl]
美 [ˈmʌsl]
n. 肌肉; 肌; 体力; 权力; 威信; 影响力
v. 强取
复数:muscles 过去式:muscled 现在分词:muscling 过去分词:muscled 第三人称单数:muscles
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2314 / COCA.1713
短语动词
muscle in
1. 强行介入,强行插手(以谋求私利)
短语用例
muscle in (on sb/sth)
- 强行干涉;粗暴干涉
to involve yourself in a situation when you have no right to do so, in order to get sth for yourself- a calf/neck/thigh muscle
小腿 / 脖颈 / 大腿肌肉 - to pull/tear/strain a muscle
拉伤 / 撕裂 / 扭伤肌肉 - This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back.
这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。 - He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still) .
他一动不动地站着。
- a calf/neck/thigh muscle
习惯用语
n.
- flex your muscles
- 显示实力,炫耀力量(尤指作为警告或威胁)
to show sb how powerful you are, especially as a warning or threat
牛津词典
noun
- 肌肉;肌
a piece of body tissue that you contract and relax in order to move a particular part of the body; the tissue that forms the muscles of the body- a calf/neck/thigh muscle
小腿 / 脖颈 / 大腿肌肉 - to pull/tear/strain a muscle
拉伤 / 撕裂 / 扭伤肌肉 - This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back.
这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。 - He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still) .
他一动不动地站着。
- a calf/neck/thigh muscle
- 体力
physical strength- He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors.
他是个聪明的选手,但却缺乏老对手的体力。
- He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors.
- 权力;威信;影响力
the power and influence to make others do what you want- to exercise political/industrial/financial muscle
运用政治 / 产业 / 金融界影响力
- to exercise political/industrial/financial muscle
verb
verb
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 肌肉
Amuscleis a piece of tissue inside your body which connects two bones and which you use when you make a movement.- Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems...
保持肌肉强壮发达有利于预防背部疾病。 - He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle...
他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。 - There are three types of muscle in the body.
体内有3种类型的肌肉。
- Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems...
- N-UNCOUNT 力量;实力;威信
If you say that someone hasmuscle, you mean that they have power and influence, which enables them to do difficult things.- Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law...
艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。 - In one town, all the women were urged to remove their money from the banks on an allotted day, to demonstrate women's financial muscle.
在某市,所有的女性都被建议在指定日期从银行取走她们的钱,以展示女性群体的经济实力。
- Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law...
- PHRASE 显示实力;小试身手
If a group, organization, or countryflexesitsmuscles, it does something to impress or frighten people, in order to show them that it has power and is considering using it.- The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力,严厉打击腐败事件。
- The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
- PHRASE 动一下;动一动
If you say that someone did notmove a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.- He stood without moving a muscle, unable to believe what his eyes saw so plainly.
他站在那里一动不动,不能相信眼前如此清清楚楚看到的一切。
- He stood without moving a muscle, unable to believe what his eyes saw so plainly.
英英释义
noun
- possessing muscular strength
- authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
- the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign
- animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
- one of the contractile organs of the body
- a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
verb
- make one's way by force
- He muscled his way into the office
双语例句
- A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing
肌肉撕裂复原后会留下疤痕。 - Scott's muscle atrophied, his leg became stunted, and he was left lame
斯科特的肌肉萎缩,一条腿发育不完全,成了个瘸子。 - He tore a muscle in his right thigh
他右大腿的一块肌肉拉伤了。 - Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball
戴夫背部拉伤,几乎没法踢球。 - Our competitors have been trying to muscle in for some years.
几年来我们的竞争对手一直试图夺取利益。 - The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力,严厉打击腐败事件。 - He felt a sharp pain in the abductor muscle in his right thigh.
他感到右大腿外展肌一阵剧痛。 - Stimulates and maintains nerve signals and muscle contractions.
促进和维持神经和肌肉收缩的。 - It'll take a lot of muscle to move this piano.
搬动这架钢琴得花很大的力气。 - I tensed every muscle in my body in apprehension.
我吓得全身肌肉紧绷。