muscle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 mŭʹsəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. uncountable
    — Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
  2. An organ composed of muscle tissue. countable
    — His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. They seemed to ripple and string tense.
  3. A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise. countable,plural-normally,uncountable
    — 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
  4. Strength, force. figuratively,uncountable
    — The widely-backed campaign to recall Evan Mecham as governor of Arizona gained even more muscle when the state House of Representatives voted to impeach the ultraconservative on February 5.
  5. Hired strongmen or bodyguards. figuratively,uncountable
    — It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.
动词 v.
  1. To use force to make progress, especially physical force. transitive
    — He muscled his way through the crowd.
  2. To move forcefully or with great strength. intransitive
    — She muscled through the ruins.

词形变化

muscles plural muscule alternative muscles present,singular,third-person muscling participle,present muscled participle,past muscled past

词汇关系

上位词
musculature
下位词
abdominal muscle abdominoscrotal muscle abducens muscle anterior auricular muscle anterior scalene muscle arytenoid muscle auricular muscle caninus muscle cardiac muscle ciliary muscle cricoarytenoid muscle cricothyroid muscle deltoideus muscle deltoid muscle digastric muscle external oblique muscle extraocular muscle geniohyoid muscle heart muscle inferior oblique muscle internal oblique muscle involuntary muscle iris dilator muscle jaw muscle lateral cricoarytenoid muscle lateral pterygoid muscle masseter muscle medial pterygoid muscle middle scalene muscle Molson muscle Müller's muscle muscle of mastication mylohyoid muscle oblique muscle omohyoid muscle papillary muscle pectoral muscle posterior auricular muscle posterior cricoarytenoid muscle posterior scalene muscle pterygoid muscle rectus abdominis muscle rectus muscle scalene muscle shaving muscle skeletal muscle smooth muscle sternocleidomastoid muscle sternohyoid muscle sternothyroid muscle striated muscle striped muscle stylohyoid muscle superior auricular muscle superior oblique muscle superior tarsal muscle tailor's muscle temporal muscle temporoparietalis muscle thyroarytenoid muscle thyrohyoid muscle triangularis muscle voluntary muscle Types of muscles: see also Category:en:Muscles
衍生词
beer muscles delayed onset muscle soreness delayed-onset muscle soreness gym muscles hired muscle hypermuscle intermuscle love muscle make a muscle mind-muscle connection muscle ass Muscle Beach musclebike muscleblind musclebound muscle-bound muscle boy musclebrain muscle car muscle confusion Muscle Creek muscled muscledom muscled up muscle dysmorphia muscle-eye-brain disease muscle fiber muscle fibre muscleful muscle girl musclegirl muscle god musclehead muscle head muscleless musclelike muscleman muscle man muscle Mary muscle memory muscle mommy muscle morph muscle-prism muscle-queen muscle queen muscle reading muscle relaxant muscle segment muscle shirt musclesome muscle spindle muscle tone muscle woman musclewoman musclewood muscle worship muscley muscly muscular muscularity musculature nonmuscle on the muscle white muscle disease muscle in muscle in on muscle-up muscle up outmuscle
相关词
myology myotomy mouse

词源

词源 1
From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.
词源 2
From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.
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