| 单词 | elbow grease |
| 释义 | elbow grease (once / 119387 pages) n Elbow grease is the hard physical work that's often required to get a difficult task done. It might take some serious elbow grease, but you can get your house painted by the end of the week. You can use the idiom elbow grease when you talk about working up a sweat or putting in some manual labor to complete a task. If your little brother complains that mowing the lawn is too hard, you might say, "It just takes a little elbow grease!" The English poet Andrew Marvell used the word in 1672, and in 1699 it appeared in the "New Dictionary of the Canting Crew" with the definition "a derisory Term for Sweat." WORD FAMILYelbow grease USAGE EXAMPLESWith some good old-fashioned elbow grease, Wilson is cleaning cars and cleaning up his act. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) By its nature, stone carving demands focus and “stick-to-it-ive-ness” to see a project through, in addition to a good bit of elbow grease. Washington Times(Nov 12, 2016) But Trump didn’t call for black people to stop lazing around and use a little more elbow grease on those bootstraps. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) n use of physical or mental energy; hard work Syn|Hypo|Hyper effort, exertion, sweat, travail struggle strenuous effort difficulty, troublean effort that is inconvenient least effort, least resistancethe least effortful way to do something strain, strainingan intense or violent exertion exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workoutthe activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit pulla sustained effort application, diligencea diligent effort overkillany effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal supererogationan effort above and beyond the call of duty overexertionexcessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results detrition, friction, rubbingeffort expended in moving one object over another with pressure attritionthe act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction cardiopulmonary exerciseexercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system gymnastic exercise(gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus) kick upraising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestlingthe act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat the devilsomething difficult or awkward to do or deal with tsuris(Yiddish) aggravating trouble exercise set, setseveral exercises intended to be done in series anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuildingexercise that builds muscles through tension calisthenics, callisthenicslight exercises designed to promote general fitness isometric exercise, isometricsmuscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change) isotonic exerciseexercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change) Kegel exercises, pubococcygeus exercisesexercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine stretch, stretchingexercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent arm exerciseexercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles back exerciseexercise designed to strengthen the back muscles leg exerciseexercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles neck exerciseexercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles stomach exercise, tummy crunchan exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles yogaa system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind labor, labour, toil productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
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