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

• The athletes waited, with all their sinews tensed.
  运动员都在等待着，全身肌肉十分紧张。
• They may wish to fight, but they lack the money which provides the sinews of war.
  他们也许想打，但是缺乏购置军备的经费。
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？
• Bones may be broken but not sinews because we are fellow compatriot. Between us, there no not that can not be untied.
  所谓打断骨头还连着筋，同胞之间、手足之情，没有解不开的结。
• 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。
• The treatment group were treated by acupuncture meridian sinews node method, the control group with routine acupuncture.
  治疗组采用针刺经筋结点的方法，对照组采用常规针刺法。
• 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；
• But I'd guess sinews of some very powerful material.
  但我猜是某种非常有力的肌肉。
• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• His sinews stiffened themselves in tense readiness.
  在紧张的准备状态下他的肌肉绷得紧紧的。