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sinew 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈsinyo͞o/,
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sinews, plural;
  1. Strengthen with or as if with sinews
    • - the sinewed shape of his back
Noun
  1. A piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament

  2. The parts of a structure, system, or thing that give it strength or bind it together
    • - the sinews of government
  1. tendon: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
  2. brawn: possessing muscular strength
  3. A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. ...
  4. A tendon; Vigorous strength; muscular power; Source of acquiring strength (often plural)
  5. (Sinews) in Chinese medicine, this represents the tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues
  6. tendon; the tough tissue which attaches a muscle to a bone.
  7. [Gen 32:32; Is 48:4; Job 10:11; Eze 37:6,8] a tendon; that which unites muscle to a bone.
  8. High-tensile strength animal tendons with a high spring constant.
  9. The leg or back tendon of a large animal such as a moose or a caribou that, when shredded into strands, makes a strong thread. It expands when wet thus ‘filling’ the sewing holes punched by an awl, and therefore helping to make a garment more waterproof.
  10. bad behavior. "Preacher says too many sinews and ya might die and go to heil."
  11. A tough band of fiborus tissue connecting muscle to bone. A tendon. The Inoca removed sinew from the bodies of bison and deer and used them in a wide number of applications including lacing lacrosse rackets or, once split into strands, as thread for sewing garments.
  12. an animal tendon, usually from a deer or other large animal that has been dressed for use as a cord or thread.