sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• They continue to supply the sinews of war to our beloved country.
  他们继续向我们亲爱的祖国提供军费。
• The athletes waited, with all their sinews tensed.
  运动员都在等待着，全身肌肉十分紧张。
• The vast man in whom you are all but cells and sinews;
  在巨人当中，你只不过是微小的细胞和筋腱；
• Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
  充满精力的；特别是难以咀嚼的。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• But I'd guess sinews of some very powerful material.
  但我猜是某种非常有力的肌肉。
• But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread.
  但北风以羞耻当织机，软弱的肌肉当纱线。
• The athletes were so nervous that we could see all their sinews tense.
  运动员非常紧张，以至我们能看到他们紧绷的肌肉。
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
  良友和益言是美德的源泉（艾萨克沃尔顿）
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？