Word · Frequency #20296
sinew
腱
核心释义
a cord or band of tough, inelastic tissue that connects a muscle to a bone
- 1.
身体的索状组织或肌腱。
A cord or tendon of the body.
- 2.
连接肌肉与其骨附着点的无弹性组织索或带
a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
- 3.
索或弦,尤指(音乐)乐器的弦。
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
- 4.
具有肌肉力量的
possessing muscular strength
- 5.
肌肉力量,肌肉；神经,神经能量；活力,强健的力量。
Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
- 6.
力量所在；支柱；中坚
That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
身体的索状组织或肌腱。；连接肌肉与其骨附着点的无弹性组织索或带；索或弦,尤指(音乐)乐器的弦。；具有肌肉力量的；肌肉力量,肌肉；神经,神经能量；活力,强健的力量。
用法In use
The butcher cut the sinew away from the leg of lamb before wrapping it.
用法提示：sinew 此处为可数名词，指连接肌肉与骨骼的腱。
After the long run, she felt a dull ache in the sinews of her calves.
用法提示：sinews 是 sinew 的复数形式，仍指腱。
The anatomy teacher pointed to the white sinew that attaches the muscle to the bone.
用法提示：sinew 在句中作名词，意为腱。
the sinews of sth
sinews 常用复数形式，后接 of + 名词，比喻维持或支撑某事物的力量。
The railway was one of the sinews of the country's economy.
这条铁路是这个国家经济的支柱之一。
sinew sth
sinew 作动词意为“增强、赋予力量”，过去式为 sinewed。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the sinews of war
- 战争的命脉；军费
- Money is the sinews of war.金钱是战争的命脉。
- Achilles sinew
- 跟腱
- He injured his Achilles sinew while playing football.他踢足球时伤了跟腱。
- strain a sinew
- 拉伤肌腱
- The athlete strained a sinew in his thigh.这名运动员拉伤了大腿的肌腱。
- muscle and sinew
- 肌肉和筋腱
- A balanced diet keeps your muscle and sinew strong.均衡的饮食能使你的肌肉和筋腱保持强健。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想发音“sin-you”：肌腱像有韧性的绳子，把肌肉拴在骨头上，是力量之源。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：anatomy、literary writing sinew 表示“腱”时多用于正式或文学语境，日常口语中通常用 tendon。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhyme: continue /kənˈtɪnjuː/ (stressed vowel and following /njuː/ match sinew). Renew /rɪˈnjuː/ is a near rhyme with different stress. Beware lookalikes: sine /saɪn/ and sew /soʊ/ look similar to parts of sinew but sound different.
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