【muscle音标】 英[ˈmʌsl] 美[ˈmʌsl]
【单词释义】 muscle是什么意思：
n.肌肉；体力，力气；力量；权威，权力v.用力搬动；用力挤；强取
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] muscles [第三人称单数] muscles
[单词现在分词] muscling
[单词过去式] muscled
[单词过去分词] muscled
【单词例句】
◇ Truth: As opposed to sit-ups, which target only your abdominal muscles, planks recruit several groups of muscles along your sides, front, and back. If you want a strong core -- especially the kind that would give you six-pack-like definition -- you need to challenge all of these muscles.Sit-ups or crunches strengthen just a few muscle groups.
事实：仰卧起坐只能针对你的腹部肌肉，而平板支撑则要用到你侧面、正面和背部的几组肌肉。所以如果你想拥有强壮的核心肌肉，尤其是想要练出6块腹肌，你需要锻炼到所有的这些肌肉。仰卧起坐只能锻炼到少数几个肌肉群。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ "Stomach sleeping is the worst. It places strain on the muscles of the head, neck and jaw, strains the jaw joints, can also twist the lower back and pelvis," he said.
他说：“俯卧是最差的睡姿。这会使头颈部和下巴的肌肉处于紧张状态，让下颌关节过度劳累，还会扭伤下背部和骨盆。”
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Doctors often refer to this eye-watering condition as “crocodile tears,” and a 1920s Russian scientist once suggested that such weakened facial muscles allowed "older, possibly crocodilian neurological pathways to emerge" in humans.
医生们通常把这种流泪症状称为“鳄鱼的眼泪”。20世纪20年代的一位俄罗斯科学家曾指出，这种面部肌肉衰弱可能导致人体起用“更古老的或许是鳄鱼式的神经通路”。
（由此看来，鳄鱼流泪只是进食时身体产生的一种自然生理现象，和同情悔过毫无关系，难怪人们会将虚伪的哭泣比作鳄鱼的眼泪了。）
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ A scan confirmed that that air from his lungs had bubbled its way into the deep tissue and muscles of the chest when it could not escape.
经过扫描确认，该男子肺部的空气因为无处发泄从而跑进了胸部的深层组织和肌肉里。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ On a macro level, you get shorter as you age due to changes in the bones, muscles and joints.
从宏观层面来看，人在衰老时会因为骨骼、肌肉和关节的变化而变矮。