a small shellfish that can be eaten, with a black shell in two parts 贻贝 Homophones muscle | musselmuscle musselTopics Fish and shellfishc1- muscle noun
You should stretch before exercise to avoid muscle injuries. 你应该在运动前拉伸,以避免肌肉损伤。
- muscle verb
Don't let that bully muscle in on your success! 不要让那个恶棍妨碍你的成功!
- mussel noun
Grandad's mussel linguine recipe was absolutely mouth-watering. 爷爷的贻贝意面食谱绝对令人垂涎。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMussel is used before these nouns:- shell
Word OriginOld English mus(c)le, superseded by forms from Middle Low German mussel, Middle Dutch mosscele; ultimately from late Latin muscula, from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus ‘mouse’ (some muscles being thought to be mouse-like in form).- muscle noun