| 单词 | sinewy |
| 释义 | sinewy (once / 3663 pages) adj Something muscular, with a tight and stretched toughness, is sinewy. Tennis players' lean arms have a sinewy beauty, all the muscles showing as they hit their smoking serves. A sinew is a tendon that attaches muscles to bones, and something sinewy has a lot of sinew or shows a lot of built-up tissues. If you're a carpenter or a piano player, you probably have well-exercised, sinewy hands and fingers. Lines in nature, such as tree limbs and roots, can be sinewy too. Being sinewy is attractive when it's in good health, but it can also make you look too stretched or thin, even scrawny. Tough meat can be sinewy and unchewable. WORD FAMILYsinew: sinews, sinewy USAGE EXAMPLESDean is a sinewy, energy-efficient man with a long, narrow face, deep-set eyes and an earnest, soapbox-derby sort of enthusiasm. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) To get to play in that world, with that sort of confidence, and that sort of sinewy confidence, is really fun. Los Angeles Times(Nov 22, 2016) “It’s light, sinewy, flexible, funky. His lyrics are always interesting and fresh. And he’s a great producer.” The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon Syn tendinous 2adj (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew Syn fibrous, stringy, unchewable tough resistant to cutting or chewing 3adj (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful Syn brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful strong having strength or power greater than average or expected |
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