muscle

noun

1. possessing muscular strength

Synonym: brawnbrawninessmuscularitysinewheftiness

2. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

e.g. the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign

3. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Synonym: muscular tissue

4. one of the contractile organs of the body

Synonym: musculus

5. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

e.g. the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him

Synonym: muscleman

verb

1. make one's way by force

e.g. He muscled his way into the office

1. 肌肉
A muscle is a piece of tissue inside your body which connects two bones and which you use when you make a movement.

e.g. Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems...
保持肌肉强壮发达有利于预防背部疾病。
e.g. He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle...
他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。

2. 力量;实力;威信
If you say that someone has muscle, you mean that they have power and influence, which enables them to do difficult things.

e.g. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law...
艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。
e.g. In one town, all the women were urged to remove their money from the banks on an allotted day, to demonstrate women's financial muscle.
在某市，所有的女性都被建议在指定日期从银行取走她们的钱，以展示女性群体的经济实力。

3. 显示实力;小试身手
If a group, organization, or country flexes its muscles, it does something to impress or frighten people, in order to show them that it has power and is considering using it.

e.g. The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
公平交易委员会最近在显示威力，严厉打击腐败事件。

4. 动一下;动一动
If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.

e.g. He stood without moving a muscle, unable to believe what his eyes saw so plainly.
他站在那里一动不动，不能相信眼前如此清清楚楚看到的一切。

相关词组：muscle in

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1. 臂力：这个任务完之后就可以开始使用体育馆,里面的器材可以增加肌肉的臂力(muscle)跟跑步的耐力(stamina). 一开始会接到Cesar的电话,要到高速公路下(under the freeway)找他,到了之后要坐上旁边小巷里的一辆车子(BRAVURA),

2. 骨骼肌：关于骨骼肌(Muscle)的问题关于骨骼肌(Muscle)的原因,关于骨骼肌(Muscle)的相关知识. 运动系统的肌肉muscle属于横纹肌,由于绝大部分附着于骨,故又名骨骼肌. 每块肌肉都是具有一定形态、结构和功能的器官,有丰富的血管、淋巴分布,

3. 筋：●采用弧形凸筋(MUSCLE)拍框线槽,提高了拍框和羽线的耐久度,适合更大的拉力磅数,使击球力量传递更充分,更能发挥球员的爆发力. ●整体采用纳米(NANO)全碳材料,对碳纤维组织在分子键的级别进行了补强,增强分子间的结合力.

4. muscle：m.; 肌肉