muscle
n. 肌肉; 力量; 權威,權力
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...
保持肌肉強壯發達有利於預防背部疾病。
He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle...
他的大腿肌肉拉傷了,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...
艾森豪威爾用他的影響力說服國會修改了該項法律。
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,所有的女性都被建議在指定日期從銀行取走她們的錢,以展示女性群體的經濟實力。
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.
公平交易委員會最近在顯示威力,嚴厲打擊腐敗事件。
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.
他站在那裡一動不動,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
顯示實力
not move a muscle
一動不動,紋絲不動
muscle in/into
(非正式)(為獲取利益)強行擠入(或插手)
muscle up
(美,非正式)使肌肉發達
It's hard to imagine sticking Grandma in a centrifuge to protect her muscle mass.
很難想象把老奶奶綁在離心機上保持肌肉會是什麼情形.
The human heart comprises three distinct cell types: cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells.
人的心臟是由心肌細胞 、 內皮細胞和血管平滑肌細胞三種不同的細胞組成的.
Virtue is the muscle tone that develops from daily and hourly training of a spiritual warrior.
美德是透過不斷的精神鍛鍊而形成的堅實的肌肉.
This increased resistance causes the muscle work harder to pump the blood through these blood vessels.
血流阻力增加會使心肌增加波動強度以將血液輸往全身.
A muscle in his jaw pulsed angrily.
他下巴的肌肉憤怒地抽動著.