| 单词 | glutes |
| 释义 | glutes in American English (gluts) plural noun Slang the muscles of the buttocks; glutei glutes in American English (ˈɡluːtiz) plural noun informal the muscles of the buttocks Word origin [glute shortening of gluteus + -s3]-s an ending marking nouns as plural (boys; wolves), occurring also on nouns that have no singular (dregs; entrails; pants; scissors), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning (clothes; glasses; manners; thanks). The pluralizing value of -s is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement,as the names of games (billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks) and of diseases (measles; mumps; pox; rickets); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntaryconditions, physical or mental (collywobbles; giggles; hots; willies). A parallel set of formations, where -s has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenientstates (bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers)Examples of 'glutes' in a sentence |
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