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a piece of body tissue that you make tight and relax in order to move a particular part of the body; the tissue that forms the muscles of the body 肌肉；肌 a calf/neck/thigh muscle 小腿／脖頸／大腿肌肉 All of this put strain on the heart muscle. 所有這些都會給心肌帶來壓力。 to pull/tear/strain a muscle 拉傷／撕裂／扭傷肌肉 He poses and flexes his muscles in the mirror. 他在鏡子裏擺姿勢，彎曲肌肉。 This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back. 這樣的運動可以鍛煉腰部的肌肉。 Contract and relax the muscles in your fingers a few times. 收縮放鬆手指的肌肉幾次。 She tried to relax her tense muscles. 她盡力放鬆緊繃的肌肉。 He felt every muscle in his body tighten. 他感到身體的每一塊肌肉都繃緊了。 He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still). 他一動不動地站着。 Lift weights to build muscle. 舉重鍛煉肌肉。 muscle fibre/tissue/mass 肌肉纖維/組織/質量
Homophones muscle | musselmuscle mussel- muscle noun
You should stretch before exercise to avoid muscle injuries. 你應該在運動前拉伸，以避免肌肉損傷。
- muscle verb
Don't let that bully muscle in on your success! 不要讓那個惡棍妨礙你的成功！
- mussel noun
Grandad's mussel linguine recipe was absolutely mouth-watering. 爺爺的贻貝意面食譜絕對令人垂涎。
Collocations InjuriesInjuries 身體損傷 Being injured 受傷 - have a fall/an injury
跌了一跤；受傷 - receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
受重傷／輕微骨裂／鞭傷／槍傷 - hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
傷到腳踝／背／大腿 - damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
損傷大腦／腳踝韌帶／肝髒／視神經／皮膚 - pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
拉傷腘繩肌腱／韌帶／肌肉／肌腱 - sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
扭傷腳踝／手腕 - break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
骨折；鎖骨／大腿／三根肋骨骨折 - fracture/crack your skull
頭蓋骨破裂 - break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
碰斷了一顆牙；使牙齒崩缺了一塊；磕掉／掉了一顆牙 - burst/perforate your eardrum
使耳膜破裂；鼓膜穿孔 - dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
使手指／臀部／下巴／肩膀脫臼 - bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
擦傷／割破／擦破手臂／膝蓋／肩膀 - burn/scald yourself/your tongue
燒傷／燙傷自己／舌頭 - bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
（在某物上）撞到肘部／頭／膝蓋
Treating injuries 治療傷病 - treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
給某人治療燒傷／頭部傷／刺傷 - examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
檢查／清洗／包紮／用繃帶包紮／治療槍傷 - repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
修複損傷的／拉傷的韌帶／肌腱／軟骨 - amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
截去一只胳膊／一根手指／一只腳／一條腿；截肢 - put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
貼上／使用／撕掉創可貼；纏上／使用／解掉繃帶 - need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
需要縫針；縫針；拆線 - put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
塗抹護膚霜／藥膏／護膚液 - have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
接受物理療法
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb1The disease puts strain on the heart muscle. 這種疾病使心肌緊張。 His muscles rippled beneath his T-shirt as he worked. 幹活時，他 T 恤衫底下的肌肉也跟着起伏。 I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle. 我笑得差點兒拉傷了肌肉。 I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles. 我在樓道裏走來走去，舒展我痙攣的肌肉。 Learn how to relax tense muscles. 要學會如何放鬆緊張的肌肉。 Lifting weights sculpts muscle. 舉重能爲肌肉塑形。 Suddenly my sore muscles protested and I let out a groan. 我的肌肉突然酸痛難忍，我不由得哼了一聲。 The muscles in my face tensed. 我臉上的肌肉繃緊了。 diet supplements to build muscle 增強肌肉的飲食補充劑 the muscles controlling speech production 控制發聲的肌肉
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hard
- powerful
- strong
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- clench
- contract
- flex
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- ache
- burn
- hurt
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- cell
- fibre/fiber
- tissue
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- muscle in
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physical strength 體力 He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors. 他是個聰明的選手，但卻缺乏老選手的體力。 I exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power. 我用盡了我可憐的肌肉力量。
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the power and influence to make others do what you want 權力；威信；影響力 to exercise political/industrial/financial muscle 運用在政治／産業／金融界的影響力 The countries tried to flex their collective muscle. 這些國家試圖展示他們的集體力量。 This show gives the artist the chance to flex his creative muscle. 這場表演給了藝術家展示自己創造力的機會。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French, from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus ‘mouse’ (some muscles being thought to be mouse-like in form).