Muscular
['mʌskjʊlə] or ['mʌskjəlɚ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having or suggesting great physical power or force; 'the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony' .
(adj.) of or relating to or consisting of muscle; 'muscular contraction' .
安东尼編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.
(a.) Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.
(a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
弗雷达錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.
整理:雷蒙德
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Powerful, brawny, robust, sinewy, strong, stalwart, athletic, lusty, sturdy
ANT:Debile, flabby, feeble, lanky
珍宁校對
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to a muscle: consisting of muscles: having strong muscles: brawny: strong: vigorous.—n. Muscular′ity state of being muscular.—adv. Mus′cularly.—adjs. Musculocutā′neous muscular and cutaneous—of certain nerves; Mus′culous sinewy.—Muscular Christianity a phrase humorously applied to that vigorous combination of Christian living with devotion to athletic enjoyments associated with Charles Kingsley and his admirers (the name was however repudiated by him); Muscular excitability the contracting property of a muscle; Muscular pile a voltaic battery employed in biological experiments; Muscular system the whole of the muscular tissue of a body.
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例句/造句/用法:
- They were white-skinned, full, muscular legs, handsome and decided. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- At last he saw it, not twenty feet away--the long, lithe, muscular body and tawny head of a huge black-maned lion. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- And here, Noah nodded his head expressively; and curled up as much of his small red nose as muscular action could collect together, for the occasion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Tall and muscular as I was in form, I must have looked like, what indeed I was, the merest ruffian that ever trod the earth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This muscular pump drives it into the aorta. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The muscular hand broke from my custody; my arm was seized, my shoulder--neck--waist--I was entwined and gathered to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It's a very muscular one for a child's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The pitch of the sound depends upon the tension of the stretched membranes, and since this can be altered by muscular action, the voice can be modulated at will. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- We should remember that the skull at this early age is cartilaginous and flexible, so that it readily yields to muscular action. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Moreover, reading, writing, and figuring--important school arts--demand muscular or motor training. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mr. Featherstone's face required its whole scale of grimaces as a muscular outlet to his silent triumph in the soundness of his faculties. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- That he was a muscular man, strong on his legs, and that he was browned and hardened by exposure to weather. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The tallest of the two--a stout muscular man in the dress of a gamekeeper--was a stranger to me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The second stage of education is gymnastic, which answers to the period of muscular growth and development. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The broad, muscular back was turned toward him, but, tanned though it was, D'Arnot saw that it was the back of a white man, and he thanked God. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- A muscular hand shot out and grasped the hairy throat, and another plunged a keen hunting knife a dozen times into the broad breast. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He had a rounded, muscular, and vigorous hand, as well as a long, strong arm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They were tall, muscular, and very dark-skinned Bedouins, with inky black beards. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Rapid evaporation of the water from the wet cloths keeps the contents of the jars cool, and that without expense other than the muscular energy needed for wetting the cloths frequently. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- But the fighting with Mr. Farebrother must be of a metaphorical kind, which was much more difficult to Fred than the muscular. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Simeon Halliday, a tall, straight, muscular man, in drab coat and pantaloons, and broad-brimmed hat, now entered. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- When we wish to speak, muscular effort stretches the cords, draws them closer together, and reduces the opening between them to a narrow slit, as in the case of the organ pipe. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A little, muscular, brown man, with black hair and white teeth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The owner is obviously a muscular man, left-handed, with an excellent set of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need to practise economy. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- His brown, sweat-streaked, muscular body, glistening in the moonlight, shone supple and graceful among the uncouth, awkward, hairy brutes about him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Standing by the bar, in the corner of the room, was a brawny, muscular man, full six feet in height, and broad in proportion. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one with a good set of teeth, to do that. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
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