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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／脖颈／大腿肌肉 All of this put strain on the heart muscle. 所有这些都会给心肌带来压力。 to pull/tear/strain a muscle 拉伤／撕裂／扭伤肌肉 He poses and flexes his muscles in the mirror. 他在镜子里摆姿势，弯曲肌肉。 This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back. 这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。 Contract and relax the muscles in your fingers a few times. 收缩放松手指的肌肉几次。 She tried to relax her tense muscles. 她尽力放松紧绷的肌肉。 He felt every muscle in his body tighten. 他感到身体的每一块肌肉都绷紧了。 He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still). 他一动不动地站着。 Lift weights to build muscle. 举重锻炼肌肉。 muscle fibre/tissue/mass 肌肉纤维/组织/质量
Homophones muscle | musselmuscle mussel- 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。
Collocations InjuriesInjuries 身体损伤 Being injured 受伤 - have a fall/an injury
跌了一跤；受伤 - receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
受重伤／轻微骨裂／鞭伤／枪伤 - hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
伤到脚踝／背／大腿 - damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
损伤大脑／脚踝韧带／肝脏／视神经／皮肤 - pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
拉伤腘绳肌腱／韧带／肌肉／肌腱 - sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
扭伤脚踝／手腕 - break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
骨折；锁骨／大腿／三根肋骨骨折 - fracture/crack your skull
头盖骨破裂 - break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
碰断了一颗牙；使牙齿崩缺了一块；磕掉／掉了一颗牙 - 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／肩膀脱臼 - bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
擦伤／割破／擦破手臂／膝盖／肩膀 - burn/scald yourself/your tongue
烧伤／烫伤自己／舌头 - bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
（在某物上）撞到肘部／头／膝盖
Treating injuries 治疗伤病 - treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
给某人治疗烧伤／头部伤／刺伤 - examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
检查／清洗／包扎／用绷带包扎／治疗枪伤 - repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
修复损伤的／拉伤的韧带／肌腱／软骨 - amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
截去一只胳膊／一根手指／一只脚／一条腿；截肢 - put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
贴上／使用／撕掉创可贴；缠上／使用／解掉绷带 - need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
需要缝针；缝针；拆线 - put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
涂抹护肤霜／药膏／护肤液 - have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
接受物理疗法
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb1The disease puts strain on the heart muscle. 这种疾病使心肌紧张。 His muscles rippled beneath his T-shirt as he worked. 干活时，他 T 恤衫底下的肌肉也跟着起伏。 I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle. 我笑得差点儿拉伤了肌肉。 I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles. 我在楼道里走来走去，舒展我痉挛的肌肉。 Learn how to relax tense muscles. 要学会如何放松紧张的肌肉。 Lifting weights sculpts muscle. 举重能为肌肉塑形。 Suddenly my sore muscles protested and I let out a groan. 我的肌肉突然酸痛难忍，我不由得哼了一声。 The muscles in my face tensed. 我脸上的肌肉绷紧了。 diet supplements to build muscle 增强肌肉的饮食补充剂 the muscles controlling speech production 控制发声的肌肉
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 体力 He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors. 他是个聪明的选手，但却缺乏老选手的体力。 I exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power. 我用尽了我可怜的肌肉力量。
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the power and influence to make others do what you want 权力；威信；影响力 to exercise political/industrial/financial muscle 运用在政治／产业／金融界的影响力 The countries tried to flex their collective muscle. 这些国家试图展示他们的集体力量。 This show gives the artist the chance to flex his creative muscle. 这场表演给了艺术家展示自己创造力的机会。
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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).