brawn

FREQ #24537

n. 发达的肌肉, 膂力, 体力, 熟腌肉 [医] 肌质, 肌肉

发音

UK /bɹɔːn/
US /bɹɔn/
AU /bɹɑn/

词形变化

brawns 复数 brawns brawned brawning brawns 三单 brawning 现在分词 brawned 过去式 brawned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

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  2. 2.

    Physical strength; muscularity.

    膂力

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    The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.

  3. 3.

    Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

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  4. 4.

    A boar.

    英国 可数 方言 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Make fat, especially of a boar.

    及物
  2. 2.

    Become fat, especially of a boar.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

muscle brawniness heftiness muscularity sinew

上位词 1

strength

词源

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).

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