时间:2019-01-26 作者:英语课 分类:英语单词荟萃


英语课

今天我们要学的词组是flex 1 one's muscles。 Flex是伸屈的意思, muscle是肌肉,flex one's muscles是一个习惯用语。意思是显示力量,展示能力。 美国加州州长施瓦辛格宣布了一项环保计划, 要求把加州车辆的温室气体排放量减少10%。施瓦辛格曾是好莱坞影星,以体魄魁梧健壮出名。


媒体报道一语双关地说,"Schwarzenegger's agenda could flex California's muscles," 意思是施瓦辛格的计划可能显示加州有能力减少环境污染。施瓦辛格州长果断采取措施,也展示了他的能力 -- "The governor also flexed 2 his muscles." 今天我们学习的词组是flex one's muscles...




 



n.皮线,花线;vt.弯曲或伸展
  • We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
  • He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。
adj.[医]曲折的,屈曲v.屈曲( flex的过去式和过去分词 );弯曲;(为准备大干而)显示实力;摩拳擦掌
  • He stretched and flexed his knees to relax himself. 他伸屈膝关节使自己放松一下。 来自辞典例句
  • He flexed his long stringy muscles manfully. 他孔武有力地弯起膀子,显露出细长条的肌肉。 来自辞典例句
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adjusted stock price average
alder flycatcher
amplify
ancientries
antagonistic interest
anticountermeasures
Austin,John Langshaw
axillary lymph sac
B position
backing sand
barbette
barthelemy
basement waterproofing
be coincident with
beveling lever
body cameras
brake noodle
breeching gas
CASEP
Chalaua
chlorition
containment procedure
cotyledonary placenta
defect of ear lobe
delirium nervosum
diddlin'
ding-a-lings
direct laryngoscopy with dilatation
discharge hose
dry sand molding
dutch case-knife beans
farthing dip
fighteress
fleche distance
from mouth to mouth
fuel inlet needle valve
General George Custer
Gorbachyov
gravitator
gynotermon
harpiliopsis beaupresii
hepatogenous
housing estate
incineration vessel
ioka
jerker bar
limiscala lyra
low-affinity
loxodromic line
magnetic printer
main bang suppression
marganotum
matter dominated era
method of electro-mechanical analogy
mingler
mining electrical apparatus for non-explosive atmospheres
nebbech
neoethnicities
no-load running test of tanker
nonimitative
normal electrocardiogram
normal law of composition
nymphaea
oligonucleosomal
optic flow
orchard garden
ordnance checkout room
orthogonal system
oven chamber
pendular movement of mediastinum
poroelastic
posting field
preapplying
precipitate
preengineering technology
profaners
proportioning bin
racial-preference
recording bass
rotten-egg
runnels
rutates
schnier
self dump sulky rake
Shastri, Lal Bahadur
shrinking disease
sj?gren's syndrome
Skikda, G.d'
sounding
source level symbolic debugger
spline key
steady-state system
Tanda, Dép.de
three-strip colour camera
time-invariant regulator
trigonum retromolare (mandibul?)
underwater Doppler navigation
vasoconstrictives
virginica Chionanthus
waspily
whomel
wind-worn