sinews

英 [ˈsɪnjuːz]

美

n.  肌腱; 力量的来源; 关键环节; 要害之处
sinew的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 肌腱;筋
  Asinewis a cord in your body that connects a muscle to a bone.
  1. ...the sinews of the neck.
     脖子上的肌腱

双语例句

• Money is the sinews of war.
  金钱是战争的支柱。
• The vast man in whom you are all but cells and sinews;
  在巨人当中，你只不过是微小的细胞和筋腱；
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。
• Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue ( Izaak Walton)
  良友和益言是美德的源泉（艾萨克沃尔顿）
• Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
  你以皮肉为衣给我穿上，以筋骨接络我；
• They continue to supply the sinews of war to our beloved country.
  他们继续向我们亲爱的祖国提供军费。
• Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
  充满精力的；特别是难以咀嚼的。
• The sinews of his arm were tense.
  他胳臂肌肉很结实。
• But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread.
  但北风以羞耻当织机，软弱的肌肉当纱线。
• Money is the sinews of love, as of war.& George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
  金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。爱尔兰剧作家法夸尔