muscle
n. 肌肉; 力量; 权威,权力
A muscle is 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。
If you say that someone has muscle, 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。
If a group, organization, or country flexes its muscles, 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。
If you say that someone did not move 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。
1. one of the contractile organs of the body
2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
3. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard;
4. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way);
5. muscular strength
1. make one's way by force;
flex one's muscles
显示实力
not move a muscle
一动不动,纹丝不动
muscle in/into
(非正式)(为获取利益)强行挤入(或插手)
muscle up
(美,非正式)使肌肉发达
It's hard to imagine sticking Grandma in a centrifuge to protect her muscle mass.
很难想象把老奶奶绑在离心机上保持肌肉会是什么情形.
The human heart comprises three distinct cell types: cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells.
人的心脏是由心肌细胞 、 内皮细胞和血管平滑肌细胞三种不同的细胞组成的.
Virtue is the muscle tone that develops from daily and hourly training of a spiritual warrior.
美德是通过不断的精神锻炼而形成的坚实的肌肉.
This increased resistance causes the muscle work harder to pump the blood through these blood vessels.
血流阻力增加会使心肌增加波动强度以将血液输往全身.
A muscle in his jaw pulsed angrily.
他下巴的肌肉愤怒地抽动着.