| 单词 | flex |
| 释义 | flex (once / 447 pages) 1vn 2v When you flex something, you bend or contract it. To appear super tough, you might flex your archery bow while flexing your muscles. Things curve and bend when they flex, whether they're human joints or objects made of a bendable material like plastic or soft wood. Another way to flex is to tense or contract a muscle: "The weightlifter flexes her biceps." Experts suspect that flexible came first, from the Latin root flexibilis, "flexible, pliant, or yielding," and figuratively, "tractable, or easily influenced." WORD FAMILYflex: flexed, flexes, flexible, flexing, flexure+/flexibility: flexibilities/flexible: flexibility, flexibleness, flexibly, inflexible/flexure: flexures/inflexibility: inflexibilities/inflexible: inflexibility, inflexibleness, inflexiblest, inflexibly USAGE EXAMPLESSen. Elizabeth Warren is flexing her fundraising muscles on behalf of fellow Senate Democrats as she looks ahead to the 2018 elections. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) If not, sparklers or terrible indoor fireworks are a low-cost way for teens and pre-teens to flex their sarcasm muscles. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) He is not running with any authority or burst, and should not be considered as anything more than a flex option this week. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bend, deform, turn, twist unbend free from flexure dent, indent make a depression into incurvatecause to curve inward gnarltwist into a state of deformity crankbend into the shape of a crank convolute, convolvecurl, wind, or twist together change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 2v form a curve Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bend straighten, unbend straighten up or out; make straight crook, curve bend or cause to bend arc, arch, curveform an arch or curve incurvatebend inwards replicate, retroflexbend or turn backward angle, lean, slant, tilt, tipto incline or bend from a vertical position bend, bow, crouch, stoopbend one's back forward from the waist on down double, double over, double upbend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovelshow submission or fear curl, curl up, draw inshape one's body into a curl recurvecurve or bend (something) back or down cambercurve upward in the middle incline, pitch, slopebe at an angle weathercause to slope heel, listtilt to one side lean back, reclinemove the upper body backwards and down squinchcrouch down cower, huddlecrouch or curl up change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 3v bend a joint flex your wrists Syn|Hyper bend move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4n the act of flexing 2he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies Hyper flexion, flexure act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased 1v contract flex a muscle Hyper contract, shrink become smaller or draw together 2v exhibit the strength of The victorious army flexes its invincibility Hyper flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously |
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