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单词 muscular
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Definition of muscular in English:

muscular

adjective ˈmʌskjʊləˈməskjələr
  • 1Relating to or affecting the muscles.

    energy is needed for muscular activity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The researchers will focus on myotonic and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies.
    • The muscular layers create vein contractility, which maintains venous tone.
    • Pelvic organ prolapse results from a weakening of connective tissue or loss of muscular support.
    • Primary lymphatic vessels lack a significant muscular wall and do not have valves.
    • It provides muscular branches to peroneus longus and peroneus brevis muscles.
    • We made an initial diagnosis of muscular spasm with a possible septic left hip.
    • Research indicates that after training is terminated, an athlete can retain gained muscular strength and power for periods of up to six weeks.
    • The epiglottis is a flap of muscular tissue that closes off the entry to your voice box when you swallow.
    • As a result, the stomach loses its coordinated muscular activity and doesn't empty properly.
    • The lower lactate level may have a significant contribution in lower muscular fatigue.
    • The heart is a muscular organ, divided into left and right sides.
    • The physiotherapy continued until muscular strength and proprioception were restored.
    • A general feeling of stiffness may be noticed, along with mild diffuse muscular pains.
    • Hearty laughter increases heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate, and muscular activity.
    • Symptoms are similar to those of adult Huntington's, but develop more rapidly and include muscular rigidity and fits.
    • No inflammation was seen in the muscular and serosal layers of the appendix.
    • Most cases will be forms of muscular tension headaches.
    • A hiatus hernia is when part of the stomach slides through the diaphragm, the muscular sheet that separates the lungs and chest from the abdomen.
    • Neuromuscular signs, mainly referring to muscular tension, were also documented.
    • Later the same month the man's sweating, pyrexia, muscular rigidity, and decreased responsiveness returned.
    Synonyms
    fibrous, sinewy
    1. 1.1 Having well-developed muscles.
      his legs were strong and muscular
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A boy with black hair and a strong muscular build looked sternly at David.
      • He had a broad frame, which in his prime must have been gloriously muscular and strong.
      • She is very muscular and powerful in the legs, but not as much as in her arms.
      • The Dall's porpoise is stocky and muscular, built as powerful as a killer whale, but smaller.
      • He was sitting next to a burly muscular youngster in dirty military fatigues who was trying to drink from two cans simultaneously.
      • Here, there was a cadre of burly bouncers waiting for her, each of them large and muscular and very powerful.
      • Your body will respond by getting more muscular and stronger before you know it.
      • They have a broad chest, a muscular neck, and strong hands and feet.
      • He has a sturdy build with strikingly muscular hands and chiseled features.
      • The father's left hand touching the son's shoulder is strong and muscular.
      • Polar bears have a heavy stout body with strong muscular legs and well-developed neck muscles.
      • Of course by now you know that Joel was a tall, muscular, athlete who had trained for these sorts of events.
      • He doesn't have to be muscular, just lean and athletic, and healthy-looking.
      • He was a tall, muscular, powerfully built man with brown hair that was quickly going gray.
      • Though his hair was gray with white streaks on both sides of his head, his body was still muscular and strong.
      • He's well-built, lean and muscular, but in my dream he's wearing a tutu and tights.
      • Of course, they all have strong muscular backs and shoulders, that goes with the job.
      • My body became strong and muscular but I could run like lightning, and, boy, did it feel great!
      • But they all have the trademark short hair, round muscular build and large powerful jaws.
      • I have the strength and size to back up the fact that you can get strong and have a muscular body on a vegan diet.
      Synonyms
      strong, brawny, muscly, sinewy, well built, powerfully built, well muscled, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, Herculean, manly
      informal hunky, beefy, husky, ripped, shredded
      North American informal buff
      US informal jacked
      dated stalwart
      literary thewy
      Physiology mesomorphic
    2. 1.2 Vigorously robust.
      a muscular economy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The resulting architecture is more athletic and muscular, confident and explosive.
      • The grid has been more or less a constant throughout her career, but lately it has become more robust and muscular.
      • The new car has a stronger, more muscular look than its predecessor.
      • It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Grenache, producing a strong muscular wine.
      • Flanders may no longer be Europe's main gate, but it remains a busy portal with a muscular economic hinterland.
      • It is more an exceptional case of a sports film with an intellect that is just as muscular as the flesh around its robust frame.
      • Solos tend to be modal rather than on conventional chords and the result is a muscular and dynamic trip into the adventurous hinterland of free jazz.
      Synonyms
      vigorous, robust, strong, powerful, dynamic, potent, energetic, active, aggressive

Derivatives

  • muscularity

  • noun mʌskjʊˈlarɪtiˌməskjəˈlɛrədi
    • Soon after researchers found that creatine helped athletes increase muscularity and strength, thousands of individuals began taking it with juice.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pinot Noir can turn out wines with a frailty that belies their name, while the bland-looking Pinot Gris has the capacity for decidedly emphatic dry white wines that are big and generous in flavour and muscularity.
      • As a competitor, my job is to build the most muscular body possible, and that means I need both overall muscle mass and individual muscularity.
      • The advantages of the stumpy standup rods and harness is that playing of a heavyweight fish becomes a real contest of endurance and technique, rather than muscularity and brute strength.
      • Men should remember that muscularity is not masculinity and that self-esteem is not built on a six-pack of abdominal muscles.
  • muscularly

  • adverb
    • He was thick and muscularly built and could've easily picked me up and flicked me across the room like nothing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Looking notably better muscularly, her lower finish reinforces the fact that this class was extremely competitive and of high quality.
      • Dave and I forged on up and down the slopes, stopping to admire the olive-green frogs that leaped muscularly away from our descending boots to freeze like tiny carvings beneath tussocks of wet grass.
      • ‘That's an interesting question, but I'd say it combines reflexes for fast-twitch muscles and slow-twitch muscles, cardiovascularly and muscularly,’ he says.
      • He's hardly defined muscularly, and very soft in the upper body.

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration of earlier musculous, in the same sense.

Rhymes

crepuscular, majuscular, minuscular
 
 

Definition of muscular in US English:

muscular

adjectiveˈməskjələrˈməskyələr
  • 1Relating to or affecting the muscles.

    energy is needed for muscular activity
    muscular tension
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pelvic organ prolapse results from a weakening of connective tissue or loss of muscular support.
    • Primary lymphatic vessels lack a significant muscular wall and do not have valves.
    • Research indicates that after training is terminated, an athlete can retain gained muscular strength and power for periods of up to six weeks.
    • As a result, the stomach loses its coordinated muscular activity and doesn't empty properly.
    • The lower lactate level may have a significant contribution in lower muscular fatigue.
    • Most cases will be forms of muscular tension headaches.
    • The epiglottis is a flap of muscular tissue that closes off the entry to your voice box when you swallow.
    • No inflammation was seen in the muscular and serosal layers of the appendix.
    • The researchers will focus on myotonic and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies.
    • The muscular layers create vein contractility, which maintains venous tone.
    • Hearty laughter increases heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate, and muscular activity.
    • The physiotherapy continued until muscular strength and proprioception were restored.
    • Symptoms are similar to those of adult Huntington's, but develop more rapidly and include muscular rigidity and fits.
    • It provides muscular branches to peroneus longus and peroneus brevis muscles.
    • The heart is a muscular organ, divided into left and right sides.
    • We made an initial diagnosis of muscular spasm with a possible septic left hip.
    • A hiatus hernia is when part of the stomach slides through the diaphragm, the muscular sheet that separates the lungs and chest from the abdomen.
    • Later the same month the man's sweating, pyrexia, muscular rigidity, and decreased responsiveness returned.
    • A general feeling of stiffness may be noticed, along with mild diffuse muscular pains.
    • Neuromuscular signs, mainly referring to muscular tension, were also documented.
    Synonyms
    fibrous, sinewy
    1. 1.1 Having well-developed muscles.
      her legs were strong and muscular
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Dall's porpoise is stocky and muscular, built as powerful as a killer whale, but smaller.
      • Of course by now you know that Joel was a tall, muscular, athlete who had trained for these sorts of events.
      • He was sitting next to a burly muscular youngster in dirty military fatigues who was trying to drink from two cans simultaneously.
      • Polar bears have a heavy stout body with strong muscular legs and well-developed neck muscles.
      • Of course, they all have strong muscular backs and shoulders, that goes with the job.
      • But they all have the trademark short hair, round muscular build and large powerful jaws.
      • She is very muscular and powerful in the legs, but not as much as in her arms.
      • Your body will respond by getting more muscular and stronger before you know it.
      • He's well-built, lean and muscular, but in my dream he's wearing a tutu and tights.
      • A boy with black hair and a strong muscular build looked sternly at David.
      • They have a broad chest, a muscular neck, and strong hands and feet.
      • He doesn't have to be muscular, just lean and athletic, and healthy-looking.
      • He was a tall, muscular, powerfully built man with brown hair that was quickly going gray.
      • He has a sturdy build with strikingly muscular hands and chiseled features.
      • Here, there was a cadre of burly bouncers waiting for her, each of them large and muscular and very powerful.
      • Though his hair was gray with white streaks on both sides of his head, his body was still muscular and strong.
      • The father's left hand touching the son's shoulder is strong and muscular.
      • I have the strength and size to back up the fact that you can get strong and have a muscular body on a vegan diet.
      • My body became strong and muscular but I could run like lightning, and, boy, did it feel great!
      • He had a broad frame, which in his prime must have been gloriously muscular and strong.
      Synonyms
      strong, brawny, muscly, sinewy, well built, powerfully built, well muscled, burly, strapping, sturdy, rugged, powerful, broad-shouldered, athletic, well knit, muscle-bound, herculean, manly
    2. 1.2 Vigorously robust.
      a muscular economy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is more an exceptional case of a sports film with an intellect that is just as muscular as the flesh around its robust frame.
      • Solos tend to be modal rather than on conventional chords and the result is a muscular and dynamic trip into the adventurous hinterland of free jazz.
      • It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Grenache, producing a strong muscular wine.
      • The grid has been more or less a constant throughout her career, but lately it has become more robust and muscular.
      • Flanders may no longer be Europe's main gate, but it remains a busy portal with a muscular economic hinterland.
      • The resulting architecture is more athletic and muscular, confident and explosive.
      • The new car has a stronger, more muscular look than its predecessor.
      Synonyms
      vigorous, robust, strong, powerful, dynamic, potent, energetic, active, aggressive

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration of earlier musculous, in the same sense.

 
 
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