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

• Could seize the sinews of thy heart?
  能扭成你的心脏和肌肉？
• Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
  竟能捻搓成你心脏的肌腱？
• Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
  充满精力的；特别是难以咀嚼的。
• Muscles need strong sinews to work effectively.
  肌肉需要强壮的肌腱才能有效工作。
• 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。
• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• 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。
• A walk up one flight of stairs from the ground floor to the mezzanine level reveals one of the sinews of trade between China and Africa-that of the lively business in mobile phones.
  从底层上一段楼梯，到了一二楼的夹层，这段路程充分揭示了中非贸易的原动力生机勃勃的手机生意。
• 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。