| 单词 | muscle |
| 释义 | muscle —muscleless, adj. —muscly, adj. /mus"euhl/, n. , v. , muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a particular movement. 3. muscular strength; brawn: It will take a great deal of muscle to move this box. 4. power or force, esp. of a coercive nature: They put muscle into their policy and sent the marines. 5. lean meat. 6. Slang. a. a hired thug or thugs. b. a bodyguard or bodyguards: a gangster protected by muscle. 7. a necessary or fundamental thing, quality, etc.: The editor cut the muscle from the article. v.t. 8. Informal. to force or compel others to make way for: He muscled his way into the conversation. 9. to make more muscular: The dancing lessons muscled her legs. 10. to strengthen or toughen; put muscle into. 11. Informal. to accomplish by muscular force: to muscle the partition into place. 12. Informal. to force or compel, as by threats, promises, influence, or the like: to muscle a bill through Congress. v.i. 13. Informal. to make one's way by force or fraud (often fol. by in or into). adj. 14. Informal. (of a machine, engine, or vehicle) being very powerful or capable of high-speed performance: a muscle power saw. [1525-35; < L musculus lit., little mouse (from fancied resemblance to some muscles), equiv. to mus MOUSE + -culus -CLE1] Syn. 3. power, vigor, might, force. |
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