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 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。
• 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。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• 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。
• 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）
• Muscles need strong sinews to work effectively.
  肌肉需要强壮的肌腱才能有效工作。
• 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。