muscle
n
1
(a) [C] length of stretchable tissue in an animal body that is attached at each end to bone and can be tightened or relaxed to produce movement 肌肉
arm, leg, face, etc muscles 胳膊、 大腿、 面部等的肌肉
strain/tear/pull a muscle 扭傷[撕裂/拉傷]肌肉
exercises to develop the muscles 做運動以鍛煉肌肉
Don't move a muscle! ie Stay completely still. 呆著別動!
(b) [U] such tissue 肌肉組織
The heart is made of muscle. 心臟是肌肉組織.
[attrib 作定語]
muscle fibres 肌肉纖維.
2 [U] muscular power 肌肉的力量
have plenty of muscle but no brains 肌肉發達, 頭腦簡單.
3 [U] (fig 比喻) power to make others do as one wishes (操縱他人的)力量
political, industrial, etc muscle 政治的、 工業的...力量
a trade union with plenty of muscle 強大的工會.
4 (idm 習語) flex one's muscles => flex. muscle, v (phr v) muscle in (on sb/sth) (infml derog 口, 貶) join in sth when one has no right to do so, for one's own advantage 強行擠入某事物以分享利益
I wrote the book, and now she's trying to muscle in on its success by saying she gave me the ideas. 書是我寫的, 現在她卻要分享其成, 硬說是她給我的構思.
?? 考研助記
媽瘦(諧音):媽瘦因為沒 肌肉 聽音樂(music)而快樂(le) 肌肉很放松
?? 擴展釋義
*['m?sl]n. 肌肉, 臂力【醫】 肌相關詞組: not move a muscle be on the muscle muscle out