English Dictionary

muscle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌ.səl/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 通例複数形 比喩的用法

(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. / (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.

日本語の意味

（不可算）動物が運動のために利用する収縮性の組織、筋組織。 / （可算）筋組織から構成される器官、筋肉。

During physical therapy, the muscle gradually strengthened enough to support full mobility.

理学療法の間、その筋肉は徐々に強くなり、完全な可動性を支えられるようになった。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.

意味（2）

(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.

His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. They seemed to ripple and string tense.

意味（3）

(uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.

The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.

意味（4）

(uncountable, figuratively) Strength, force.

The lesson to be drawn from the events of 1914, to Roosevelt's mind, was that civilization needed muscle to defend it, not just solemn words.

意味（5）

(uncountable, figuratively) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.

It was easy enough to dodge him, let him crash into the floorboards. Peltroc knew that his priority was the leader, not the hired muscle.

muscles （ plural ）