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| /ˈmʌsl/ |
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| 1 | C/U a piece of flesh that connects one bone to another and is used for moving a particular part of your body 肌肉 |
| These exercises are good for your stomach muscles. 这些运动有助于锻炼你的腹部肌肉。 |
| pull a muscle (=injure a muscle) He limped out of the game after pulling a muscle. 拉伤肌肉 |
| | 1a | C one of the big lumps you can see on someone’ s arms , legs , chest etc that show that they are strong , especially because they do a lot of exercise （胳膊、腿、胸部的）肌肉块 | |
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| 2 | U physical strength 体力；力气 |
| It’ s going to take a lot of muscle to lift the fridge. 搬这台冰箱需要很大的力气。 |
| | 2a | the power that a person or organization uses to influence or control a situation （个人或组织的）实力，影响力 | | military/financial/political muscle 军事/经济/政治实力 | | The stars will use their muscle to make the campaign a success. 这些明星将利用他们的影响力使这场运动取得成功。 | |
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| 3 | U informal men who are employed by someone to protect them or use force to make other people obey them 保镖；打手 |
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| - | not move a muscle
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| to stay completely still |
| 一动也不动 |
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| Don’ t move a muscle or someone will hear us. 不要动，不然会有人听到我们。 |
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| - | put some muscle into it spoken
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| used for telling someone to make more effort to do something |
| 再加把劲；再用点力 |
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