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BNC: 2314 COCA: 1713

muscle

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Related topics: Biology, Human
mus·cle1 /ˈmʌsəl/ ●●● S2 W3 noun   → mussel
1  [countableC, uncountableU]HB one of the pieces of flesh inside your body that you use in order to move, and that connect your bones together 肌肉
 Relax your stomach muscles, then stretch again.
放松腹部肌肉，然后再绷紧。
 Regular exercise will help to strengthen your muscles.
经常锻炼有助于强健肌肉。
 Rooney has pulled a muscle in his thigh and won’t play tomorrow.
鲁尼大腿肌肉拉伤，明天不能参赛了。
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2  not move a muscle NOT MOVINGto stay completely still 一动不动
 The soldier stood without moving a muscle.
那士兵纹丝不动地站着。
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not move a muscle• I didn't dare move a muscle. He would have shot me.• I was so scared, I couldn't move a muscle.• The performers didn't move a muscle.• She hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.• It suddenly occurred to them that he had not moved a muscle since they came in.• They will not move a muscle for at least another month or two.
3  [uncountableU]POWER power or influence 实力；影响力
military/economic/political etc muscle
 The unions have a lot of political muscle.
工会有很大的政治影响力。
 The agreement will give the UN some muscle to enforce human rights.
这个协定将赋予联合国一定的权限推进人权保障工作。
4  [uncountableU]STRONG PERSONWORK HARD physical strength and power 体力；力气
 It took muscle to work in an old-fashioned kitchen.
在老式厨房里干活很费力。
put some muscle into it (=used to tell someone to work harder) 再加把劲，再努力一下
→ flex your muscles at flex1(2)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
big muscles
He's developed big arm muscles.
hard muscles (=strong, firm muscles)
the hard muscles of his back and shoulders
arm/leg/stomach etc muscles
Her leg muscles ached after the run.
rippling muscles (=muscles that move in a strong attractive way)
The sight of his rippling muscles sends women wild.
verbs
use your muscles
Bend your knees and use your thigh muscles when picking up heavy objects.
strengthen/build up your muscles (=make them stronger)
If you strengthen the muscles in your back you are less likely to have back problems.
pull/strain a muscle (=injure it)
He pulled a muscle in his calf.
stretch your muscles
It’s a good idea to stretch your muscles after weight lifting.
flex your muscles (=bend your arm muscles so that people can see how strong you are)
He was lifting weights and flexing his muscles.
relax your muscles (=make them feel less tight)
A hot bath will help relax sore muscles.
tense/tighten your muscles (=make them more tight)
He tensed his stomach muscles, ready for the blow.
your muscles contract (=tighten so that you can move a part of your body)
These nerves tell the muscles when to contract.
your muscles ache (=hurt after being exercised too much)
I ran until my muscles ached.
muscle + NOUN
muscle strength/power
This exercise will help increase muscle strength.
muscle tone (=the firmness of your muscles)
Swimming is good exercise for improving muscle tone.
a muscle spasm (=when your muscles tighten suddenly)
The drug helps control painful muscle spasms.
muscle tissue (=the substance that muscles are made from)
If you lose weight too quickly you will lose muscle tissue as well as fat.
Examples from the Corpus
muscle• The group strengthened like a muscle.• The joint and muscle were all right.• Panetta used his muscle to keep the budget agreement intact.• U.S. military muscle• They had to cut out seven inches of muscle in my legs.• There may also be numbness or muscle weakness occurring in a segmental pattern.• The Republicans do not have the political muscle to prevent the treaty being rejected by Congress.• The government has for years been trying to destroy the muscle of the trade unions.• Hanson Trust has the muscle to buy up some of America's biggest companies.• His body tightened, the muscles drawing in on themselves.• This exercise works the muscles of your leg.• Now, leg stretched and r-o-l-l back those muscles.• The trapezius muscle group is kite-shaped and basically pulls the head and the shoulders back.• Low vitamin D also is associated with muscle weakness, which could contribute to a fall.
stomach muscles• Using his arms and stomach muscles, trying to keep his chest still, he sat.• A day later, the tissue was inserted between stomach muscles, just above the bellybutton, where blood supply is plentiful.• Byrd had his arm broken, Noville had his stomach muscles torn.• For instance, stomach muscles propel the motion on forward and backward rolls.• My stomach muscles were up to it, but I didn't want to lose any more teeth.• Northern's biggest setback came with the loss of midfield maestro Deryck Fox with pulled stomach muscles.• The children are given practice in tensing and relaxing major muscle groups of their body, starting with the stomach muscles.
military/economic/political etc muscle• He began to flex his political muscles.• But they will just as surely have died because they were too weak in political muscle to be able to fight back.• At least in Baja California, real estate should remain a prime factor in building new economic muscle.• And it says something about the amount of political muscle the Chamber has, too.• Second, when they are raised, they are resolved according to the simple criterion of political muscle power.• But by this time the North had begun to flex its superior economic muscles.• Big operators have the political muscle to win development permits.
took muscle• Fire took muscle, bone, and brains.
muscle2 verb  
1 muscle your way into/through etc something to use your strength to go somewhere 使劲挤出一条路
 Joe and Tony muscled their way through the crowd.
乔和托尼使劲挤过人群。
Examples from the Corpus
muscle your way into/through etc something• But other alleged triad leaders used violence to muscle their way into the business, according to the police.• Guliaggi and Norrejo are muscling their way through the mob.
2 muscle in phrasal verbphr v INTERFEREto use your power to get involved in or take control of something that someone else was doing, especially in business – used to show disapproval 强行控制[干预]〔含贬义〕
on
 Banks are muscling in on the insurance business.
银行也在插手保险业务。
Examples from the Corpus
muscle on• There may also be some junior males trying to muscle in on the dominant male's kingdom.• Two men were killed when members of a rival gang tried to muscle in on their territory.• I'm not going to let Jim muscle in on this deal - let him do his own negotiations.
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muscle• Yield grade is based on the degree of fatness and the degree of muscling.• And for Gingrich to try to muscle anyone would backfire.• At the same time, Rick Zombo was muscling Rob Niedermayer into the crease.
Origin muscle1
(1300-1400) French Latin musculus “little mouse, muscle, mussel”, from mus “mouse”; because a muscle moving looks like a mouse under the skin
mus·cle1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1muscle2 verb
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BNC: 2314 COCA: 1713
muscle

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + MUSCLE | MUSCLE + VERB | MUSCLE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤hard, powerful, strong結實的／強健的／強壯的肌肉➤taut, tense, tight緊繃的／緊張的／拉緊的肌肉➤relaxed放鬆的肌肉➤smooth平滑肌➤lean, ripped, toned瘦肌肉；撕裂的肌肉；健美的肌肉➤bulging, rippling隆起的／起伏的肌肉➤cramped痙攣的肌肉◇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。➤pulled, strained, torn拉伸的／拉傷的／損傷的肌肉➤aching, sore, stiff, tired疼痛的／痠痛的／僵硬的／疲勞的肌肉➤abdominal, arm, calf, facial, heart, thigh, etc.腹肌、臂肌、腓腸肌、面部肌肉、心肌、大腿肌肉等➤skeletal骨骼肌VERB + MUSCLE➤clench, contract, flex, pump, squeeze, tense, tighten繃緊肌肉；收縮肌肉；活動肌肉；使肌肉鼓起；擠壓肌肉◇He flexed his muscles, then set off to run.他活動了一下肌肉，然後起跑。➤loosen, relax放鬆肌肉◇Learn how to relax tense muscles.要學會如何放鬆緊張的肌肉。➤control控制肌肉➤soothe舒緩肌肉➤stretch伸展肌肉➤exercise, train, use, work鍛煉／訓練／使用／活動肌肉➤build, gain, strengthen, tone強健肌肉◇diet supplements to build muscle增強肌肉的飲食補充劑➤sculpt為肌肉塑形◇Lifting weights sculpts muscle.舉重能為肌肉塑形。➤damage, exhaust, fatigue, injure, overload, weaken損傷肌肉；損耗肌肉；令肌肉疲勞；使肌肉超負荷；使肌肉變弱➤pull, strain, tear拉傷肌肉；撕裂肌肉◇I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle.我笑得差點兒拉傷了肌肉。➤knead, massage揉揑／按摩肌肉➤activate, stimulate刺激肌肉➤paralyse/paralyze令肌肉麻痹MUSCLE + VERB➤ache, burn, hurt肌肉疼；肌肉灼痛；肌肉損傷➤cramp肌肉痙攣➤strain肌肉拉傷➤clench, contract, flex, stiffen, tense, tighten肌肉收緊；肌肉收縮；肌肉屈伸；肌肉變僵；肌肉緊繃➤go limp, loosen, relax, slacken肌肉變得無力；肌肉鬆弛➤stretch肌肉伸展➤quiver, ripple, tremble, twitch肌肉顫動／起伏如波浪／顫抖／顫搐◇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。➤bulge肌肉隆起➤move, work肌肉運動／活動➤control sth肌肉控制⋯◇the muscles controlling speech production控制發聲的肌肉➤protest, scream肌肉疼痛難忍；肌肉疼得使人尖叫◇Suddenly my sore muscles protested and I let out a groan.我的肌肉突然痠痛難忍，我不由得哼了一聲。MUSCLE + NOUN➤cell, fibre/fiber, tissue肌細胞；肌纖維；肌組織➤mass肌肉塊➤group肌肉群➤function肌肉的功能➤activity肌肉活動➤ache, cramp, damage, disease, fatigue, pain, paralysis, soreness, stiffness, strain, weakness肌肉疼痛／痙攣／損傷／疾病／疲勞／痠痛／麻痹／腫痛／僵硬／拉傷／無力➤loss, wasting肌肉減少／萎縮➤contraction, relaxation, spasm, tension, twitch肌肉收縮／放鬆／痙攣／緊張／抽搐➤definition, tone肌肉線條／力度➤size肌肉塊頭➤endurance, strength肌肉耐力；肌力➤repair肌肉修復➤gain, growth肌肉增加／生長➤building肌肉健美➤builder肌肉強健器➤man (usually muscleman) 肌肉男➤shirt (NAmE) （顯示發達肌肉的）圓領無袖健美衫PREPOSITION➤muscle in⋯部位的肌肉◇The muscles in my face tensed.我臉上的肌肉繃緊了。
BNC: 2314 COCA: 1713
BNC: 2314 COCA: 1713
muscle
Muscles and tendons: abductor, abs, Achilles tendon...
Physical strength: strength, force, energy...
Power, authority, influence and leadership: leadership, power, authority...
People who guard or look after places or people: attack dog, beefeater, bodyguard...
To take part, or to become involved: join in, participate, involve...

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