| 单词 | sinew |
| 释义 | Related topics: Humansin·ew /ˈsɪnjuː/ noun [countable, uncountable] 1 HBHHBAa part of your body that connects a muscle to a bone 腱，肌腱〔连接骨与肌肉的索状组织〕 The sinews on his neck stood out like knotted string. 他颈部的肌腱像打结的绳般凸出。2 the sinews of something literarySUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN something that gives strength or support to a government, country, or system 某物的力量源泉 [支柱，关键] They have begun building the sinews of an independent nation. 他们已开始建设一个独立国家的命脉。Examples from the Corpussinew• My son feels long and stringy now, all sinew, veins and bone.• She could feel every bone and sinew of him.• Trim all excess fat and sinew from roast.• Then he prophesied to them and made flesh and sinews come around them.• She shifted restlessly beneath him, her heart pounding out of control as she registered the powerful interplay of muscle and sinew.• They sketched a woman whose chest had been carefully cut open to reveal muscle and sinew.• Rope is the sinew of any sailing vessel.• The plan was designed to provide the sinews of enhanced military power.Origin sinew Old English seonosin·ew nounChineseSyllable Corpus your muscle to connects body of a that part a a |
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