| 词汇 | flex |
| 释义 | flexWord family nounflexibilityflexiblenessflexionflexographyflexorflexureadjectiveflexibleflexileflexographicflexuoseflexuraladverbflexiblyverbflex flex1 /fleks/ verb [transitiveT] 1. BENDto tighten your muscles or bend part of your body 收紧〔肌肉〕；屈曲〔身体部位〕 2 flex your muscles SHOW OFFto show your ability to do something, especially your skill or power 展示自己的才能〔尤指技艺或力量〕 The role will allow her to flex her acting muscles. 这个角色使她能够施展自己的表演才能。 Examples from the Corpus flex your muscles• This new position should give you the chance to really flex your muscles.• He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles.• If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to flex your muscles.• Read in studio Finally tonight we're going to flex our muscles.• This is an unfamiliar luxury for Labour voters; now they want to flex their muscles.• Soldiers, who previously had lacked social status, were now flexing their muscles because the military ran the country.• Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance, teeth bared, knife poised over his head.• At the same time, it was beginning to flex its muscles on the world stage.• Like Querelle, men in tatty soiled uniforms are flexing their muscles, while others stare vacantly into the middle distance. Examples from the Corpus flex• The former is the inability to extend the knee completely when the thigh is flexed.• I just hoped that all that flexing and twisting of the hull would not burst the 3,000 rattan lashings.• She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck, then flex his shoulder muscles.• The arms of the dead warrior seemed to flex, moved by heat, twisted by the consuming flame.• She let blood in, and flexed the fingers.• Lying as shown, flex the foot and swing the top leg forwards and backwards 5 times.• The raft had to flex to survive, but there was a serious penalty: the constant movement produced tremendous abrasion. Electricity, Technology flex2 noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE HPETan electrical wire covered with plastic, used to connect electrical equipment to an electricity supply 〔电器用〕花线，皮线 SYN American English cord → lead Examples from the Corpus flex• It's safe but you need to have a firm grip to cut a 13-amp flex.• The single framed print hanging on the wall on the first landing, the dead lightbulbs suspended pointlessly from their dusty flexes.• For the younger and fitter elderly person, though, the long flex is a very good idea.• Six amp three-core mains flex is used for the mains input which connects straight to the p.c.b.• The prosecution alleges Hammond attacked the girl with his hands, fists, a ruler and the flex from an electric kettle.• Suddenly Donald was tied to his chair with the flex from the lamp, the plug still attached. (1500-1600) Latin flexus; → FLEXIBLE flex2 (1900-2000) flexible |
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