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sinew是什么意思

sinew

英 ['sɪnjuː] 美 ['sɪnju]

n. 筋；肌腱；体力；精力
vt. 加强；使牢固

助记提示

1. 谐音“死扭，撕扭”----在掰手腕、掰手劲儿、摔跤等与对方死劲儿扭扯、撕扭的时候比的不就是肌肉的力量吗？
2. 谐音“似牛”------跟个牛似的。

中文词源

sinew 肌腱，关键，要害

来自古英语 sinu,肌腱，跟键，神经，来自 Proto-Germanic*sinwo,肌腱，来自 PIE*sne,编织，织线，词源同 snood,needle,nerve.引申比喻义关键，要害等。

英文词源

sinew (n.): Old English seonowe, oblique form of nominative sionu "sinew," from Proto-Germanic *senawo (cognates: Old Saxon sinewa, Old Norse sina, Old Frisian sine, Middle Dutch senuwe, Dutch zenuw, Old High German senawa, German Sehne), from PIE root *sai- "to tie, bind" (cognates: Sanskrit snavah "sinew," Avestan snavar, Irish sin "chain").

双语例句

1. He strained every sinew to help us, but didn't succeed.: 他尽全力帮助我们, 可是没有成功.

2. All tough sinew, she looked like a hawk eyeing prey.: 她肌肉强健, 看上去像只老鹰盯着它的猎物.

3. Collagen is the main protein of sinew, cartilage, bone and skin.: 胶原是腱、软骨、骨、皮肤的主要蛋白质.

4. Deer's tail , sinew , mushrooms , frog's egg, red ginseng.: 鹿肉,鹿鞭,鹿筋, 牛肝菌,裙边,雪蛤, 红参.

5. The cores are hard maple , the bellies horn and the backs covered with sinew.: 是典型的使用了角材和动物肌腱的木芯复合弓.