muscular

英 ['m?skj?l?] 美['m?skj?l?]
  • adj. 肌肉的;肌肉發(fā)達的;強健的

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中文詞源


muscular 肌肉的

來自muscle,肌肉。

英文詞源


muscular (adj.)
1680s, "pertaining to muscles," from Latin musculus (see muscle (n.)) + -ar. Earlier in same sense was musculous (early 15c.). Meaning "having well-developed muscles" is from 1736. Muscular Christianity (1857) is originally in reference to philosophy of Anglican clergyman and novelist Charles Kingsley (1819-1875). Muscular dystrophy attested from 1886.

雙語例句


1. He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.
他穿著短褲,露出自己強壯多毛的長腿。

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2. Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.
通過胃部肌肉的收縮食物和流質(zhì)在胃中混合。

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3. A muscular spasm in the coronary artery can cause a heart attack.
冠狀動脈的肌肉痙攣可能導(dǎo)致心臟病。

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4. He bared his muscular, hairy chest for a women's magazine.
他為一本女性雜志秀出了他那肌肉發(fā)達、毛發(fā)濃密的性感胸部。

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5. She was slim and muscular and full-breasted.
她身材苗條但結(jié)實,乳房豐滿。

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