sinewy

英 [ˈsɪnjuːi]

美 [ˈsɪnjuːi]

adj.  肌肉发达的; 矫健的; 强健的

BNC.23066 / COCA.22610

牛津词典

adj.

• 肌肉发达的；矫健的；强健的
  having a thin body and strong muscles

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 肌肉发达的;精壮的;强健的
  Someone who issinewyhas a lean body with strong muscles.
  1. A short, sinewy young man...
     一名个子不高、肌肉发达的年轻男子
  2. When muscles are exercised often and properly, they keep the arms firm and sinewy.
     如果能经常正确地锻炼肌肉的话，双臂就会一直结实而强健。
  3. ...his long sinewy hands.
     他修长而强健的双手

英英释义

adj

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight
  1. a hefty athlete
  2. a muscular boxer
  3. powerful arms
  Synonym:brawnyheftymuscularpowerful
• (of meat) full of sinews
  Synonym:fibrousstringyunchewable
• consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  Synonym:tendinous

双语例句

• At the same moment a sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb, and forcing a way through the drove, soon brought her to the outskirts.
  这时，一只强有力的棕色大手，一把捉住了惊马的嚼环，并且在牛群中挤出了一条出路，不大功夫，就把她带到了兽群之外。
• But in these shots, the good lighting ensures her arms appear less sinewy than usual.
  在这些照片中，比较自然的光线让她的胳膊看起来没那麽健壮。
• Here The sleek capitalist, and there the sinewy labourer;
  这里既有油嘴滑舌的资本家，又有身强力壮的雇佣工；
• When I got back with the basin, the doctor had already ripped up the captain's sleeve, and exposed his great sinewy arm.
  我拿着脸盆回来时，大夫已经把船长的衣袖撸了上去，露出了他那肌肉发达的粗胳膊。
• It was a man who had scarcely reached his fortieth year, of tall stature, and of a thin but nervous and sinewy frame.
  这个人刚刚四十岁，身材很高，体格瘦削但强壮有力。
• With its sinewy movements and singular lack of enthusiasm, it is remarkable that such a creature can feed itself at all, but looks can be deceiving!
  懒猴的行动强而有力而且异常地懒散，怪的是这样的生物可以养活自己，外表有时可是会骗人的。
• When muscles are exercised often and properly, they keep the arms firm and sinewy.
  如果能经常正确地锻炼肌肉的话，双臂就会一直结实而强健。
• His hard sinewy body advertised his ruthlessness of purpose.
  他健硕的身体使他显得意志尤为坚强。
• Sharp corners and sinewy curves are interwoven for an apparently mysterious reason, something that has to do with the very history of the design.
  尖锐的交角和有力的弧线在图面上交错，乍看之下好像是出于某些不明的原因，其实这都是和西扎设计的过程有密切的联系。
• He had come up the hard way and embodied nothing in particular except the eternal toughness and sinewy fiber of the men who grew up beyond the mountains.
  他的成长道路十分艰难，在他身上，并没有什么特殊的气质，有的只是生活在山那边的人们所共有的那种坚忍不拔的毅力和强劲有力的肌肉。