时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


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
学英语单词
a fatal disease
absorbable composite material
Acerno
adjusted income statement
alizarin colours
Ammotragus lervia
anasyth
anodized aluminium plate
asylees
bewitchedness
bishop's length
block polymerization
climatic amplitude
Colm formula
Colophonians
command signal decoder
complex leachable core
conjugated double bond compound
Covitol
cuticular excretion
dimmer-switch
direct magnetic recording
dUTPase
electro-optical sensor
eosentomon fuyuanense
epinosic
excited atom
external secant
flat-belt pulley
Foreign Trade Arbitration Committee
fructus persicae immaturus
getting together
governor pipe insulating joint
graduated payment mortgage
harness pony
Hordeum distichon
hydraulic punching machine
hydrogen gas surge drum
hyphalmyroplankton
imbar
imbibitions
inconsolably
IYKWIM
lime bonded silica brick
Linn.
loks land
lord protector of the commonwealth
luthos lazuli
Magulani
marginal jurisprudence
Molson L.
Monduli
Montanas
most significant
musculuss
Mycetia hainanensis
n. wt.
naffertons
neighbourhood court
niometacin
non-numeric operand
novelty value
of mucous gland cyst
ohmmeters
on-stream period
onsi
orbit control subsystem
out-of-commission
out-of-trim moment
PCNV
phylogenal
phytohemagglutin phytolectin
placing and troweling
polymeric modifier
position servo
premoult
preventive strikes
previous radio station
Prunus amygdalus Batsch
published value
read-record
recursively-defined variable
restricted depth
ridonkulous
rima glottidiss
rulered
sawtooth blasting
scamsters
sciagraphies
Sepaton
small commodity production
smooth machine finish
superficial growth
supportiveness
synchro transfer function
transfer to bad debt code
unkennelling
utopianising
VDM
warmheartedness
water-based lubricant
water-cooled machine