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sinew

/ˈsɪnjuː/ /ˈsɪnjuː/
  • n.
    筋;肌腱;体力;精力
  • vt.
    加强;使牢固
复数sinews
第三人称单数sinews
现在分词sinewing
过去式sinewed
过去分词sinewed
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双语例句

  1. He was tall and delicately shaped; strong in nerve and sinew, and most dextrous in arms.
    他个子很高,身材纤细;有着强壮的神经和肌肉和最灵巧的手臂。
  2. All tough sinew, she looked like a hawk eyeing prey.
    她肌肉强健,看上去像只老鹰盯着它的猎物。
  3. Prayer is the slender sinew that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
    祷告是细长的肌腱可以牵动无所不能者的肌肉。

网络短语

  • sinew frailty
    强健◇虚弱
  • roe's sinew
    狍筋
  • Stewed sinew in brown sauce
    红烧蹄筋
  • antelope sinew
    羚羊腱
  • deer's sinew
    鹿筋

词语扩展

n.
筋;肌腱;体力;精力
vt.
adj.
sinewy有力的;多腱的;肌肉发达的

词义分布

37.5%
肌腱
37.5%
25%

英英释义

  • n.a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
  • n.possessing muscular strength

词源

  • sinew肌腱,关键,要害
    来自古英语 sinu,肌腱,跟键,神经,来自 Proto-Germanic*sinwo,肌腱,来自 PIE*sne,编织, 织线,词源同 snood,needle,nerve.引申比喻义关键,要害等。
  • sinew
    From Middle English sinewe, synow, sinue, from Old English sinu, synu, senu, seono, seonu ‎(“sinew, nerve, tendon”), from Proto-Germanic *sinwō, *senawō ‎(“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ ‎(“sinew, tendon”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- ‎(“to twist (threads), spin, weave”). Cognate with Scots senon, sinnon, sinnow ‎(“sinew”), Saterland Frisian Siene ‎(“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine ‎(“nerve, sinew”), Dutch zenuw ‎(“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne ‎(“tendon, cord, sinew”), Swedish sena ‎(“sinew”), Icelandic sin ‎(“tendon”), Latin nervus ‎(“sinew, nerve, tendon”), Ancient Greek νεῦρον ‎(neûron, “tendon, cord, nerve”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(snāvar-, “tendon, sinew”), Sanskrit स्नावन् ‎(snāván, “tendon, muscle, sinew”), Tocharian B ṣñor.