单词 | sinew |
释义 | sin·ew ![]() n. 1. A tendon. 2. Vigorous strength; muscular power. 3. often sinews The source or mainstay of vitality and strength: "Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue" (Izaak Walton). tr.v. sin·ewed, sin·ew·ing, sin·ews To strengthen with or as if with sinews. [Middle English sinewe, from Old English sinewe, oblique form of seonu, sinu.] |
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