英语词汇“to flex one's muscles”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to flex one's muscles: to give a show of power or strength (literal and figurative).

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1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xiii. 160 Tensing and flexing his tired muscles while his eyes shifted quickly from one quarter to another.

1937 J. Steinbeck Of Mice & Men 103 He flexed his muscles against his back and shivered.

1947 R. Allen Home Made Banners iii. 16 It dedicated its soul to the war and flexed its muscles for the war, and then there was a pause.

1969 N. MacCaig Man in my Position 62 I stare at water Frilling a stone, flexing a muscle.

1971 A. Sampson New Anat. Brit. 526 The investment managers..have been worried that, if they were to flex their muscles, the Labour party would begin talking about the nationalisation of insurance.

1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. b6/1 Artists..have flexed enough muscle to come away winners in most of the battles over the $7.7 million program.

1997 Guardian 25 July (Friday Review section) 7/1 Terminator 2 saw Linda Hamilton flex muscles most men have never seen.

单词	to flex one's muscles
释义	> as lemmas to flex one's muscles P3. to flex one's muscles: to give a show of power or strength (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xiii. 160 Tensing and flexing his tired muscles while his eyes shifted quickly from one quarter to another. 1937 J. Steinbeck Of Mice & Men 103 He flexed his muscles against his back and shivered. 1947 R. Allen Home Made Banners iii. 16 It dedicated its soul to the war and flexed its muscles for the war, and then there was a pause. 1969 N. MacCaig Man in my Position 62 I stare at water Frilling a stone, flexing a muscle. 1971 A. Sampson New Anat. Brit. 526 The investment managers..have been worried that, if they were to flex their muscles, the Labour party would begin talking about the nationalisation of insurance. 1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. b6/1 Artists..have flexed enough muscle to come away winners in most of the battles over the $7.7 million program. 1997 Guardian 25 July (Friday Review section) 7/1 Terminator 2 saw Linda Hamilton flex muscles most men have never seen. extracted from musclen. < as lemmas
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