muscle
US: /ˈməsəɫ/
UK: /mˈʌsəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
muscle /'mʌsl/- danh từ
- bắp thịt, cơ
- (nghĩa bóng) sức lực
- a man of muscle: một người có sức lực, một người vạm vỡ
- not to move a muscle
- không động đậy
- nội động từ
- to muscle in (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đột nhập, xâm nhập
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C, U] a piece of body tissue that you tighten and relax in order to move a particular part of the body; the tissue that forms the muscles of the body: a calf / neck / thigh muscle + to pull / tear / strain a muscle + This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back. + She tried to relax her tense muscles. + He felt every muscle in his body tighten. + He didn't move a muscle (= stood completely still).
2 [U] physical strength: He's an intelligent player but lacks the muscle of older competitors.
3 [U] the power and influence to make others do what you want: to exercise political / industrial / financial muscle
muscled adjective: heavily muscled shoulders
Idioms see FLEX v.
verb
Phrasal Verbs: muscle in (on sb/sth) (informal, disapproving) to involve yourself in a situation when you have no right to do so, in order to get sth for yourself
Collocation
ADJ.
hard, powerful, strong | taut, tense, tight | cramped
I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles.
| tired | abdominal, arm, calf, facial, heart, thigh, etc. | skeletal
VERB + MUSCLE
flex, tense
He flexed his muscles, then set off to run.
| relax
Learn how to relax tense muscles.
| stretch | build (up), strengthen, tone (up) | pull, tear
I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle.
MUSCLE + VERB
ache | clench, contract, stiffen, tense, tighten | go limp, loosen, relax, slacken | quiver, ripple, twitch
His muscles rippled beneath his T-shirt as he worked.
| control sth
the muscles controlling speech production
MUSCLE + NOUN
cell, fibre, tissue | group | disease, pain | contraction, relaxation, spasm, tension | tone
PREP.
~ in
The muscles in my face tensed.
Concise dictionary
muscles|muscled|muscling'mʌslnoun
+one of the contractile organs of the body
+animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
+a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
+authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
+possessing muscular strength
verb
+make one's way by force
