sinews
英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]
美
n. 肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.- ...the sinews of the neck.
脖子上的肌腱
- ...the sinews of the neck.
双语例句
- His sinews stiffened themselves in tense readiness.
在紧张的准备状态下他的肌肉绷得紧紧的。 - The athletes were so nervous that we could see all their sinews tense.
运动员非常紧张,以至我们能看到他们紧绷的肌肉。 - But I'd guess sinews of some very powerful material.
但我猜是某种非常有力的肌肉。 - A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
公路和铁路是国家的命脉。 - She taught me that a sentence was organic with bones and sinews and for this reason had life, that the power of logic was passionate power and that Euclid and Grammar were one.
并教导我,一个句子是有机的一体,有血有肉,因而其中存在生命;她认为,逻辑的力量是热切而激昂的;几何美感与语法句式应浑然一体。 - A walk up one flight of stairs from the ground floor to the mezzanine level reveals one of the sinews of trade between China and Africa-that of the lively business in mobile phones.
从底层上一段楼梯,到了一二楼的夹层,这段路程充分揭示了中非贸易的原动力生机勃勃的手机生意。 - Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
良友和益言是美德的源泉(艾萨克沃尔顿) - While other people stiffen their sinews with something stronger, the English constitution merely demands tea.
别国的人用更烈性的东西来增强体力,但英国人的体质却只需要茶。 - Money is the sinews of love, as of war.& George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
金钱是爱情的支柱,犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。爱尔兰剧作家法夸尔 - Could seize the sinews of thy heart?
能扭成你的心脏和肌肉?