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 brawn [brɒ:n]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 发达的肌肉, 膂力, 体力, 熟腌肉

[医] 肌质, 肌肉


  1. He's got more brawn than brains.
    他肌肉发达,头脑简单。
  2. Football requires brain as well as brawn.
    踢足球需要智力及体力。
  3. Recent studies have suggested that exercise benefits both brawn and brain.
    然而,这种大脑功能的改善,一旦跑步者停止锻炼就会衰退。


brawn
[ noun ]
possessing muscular strength
<noun.attribute>


Brawn \Brawn\, n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br?to
flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br?? flesh, food
of beasts, AS. br?de roast meat, br?dan to roast, G. braten,
and possibly to E. breed.]
1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]

Formed well of brawns and of bones. --Chaucer.

2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular
strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body;
sometimes, the arm.

Brawn without brains is thine. --Dryden.

It was ordained that murderers should be brent on
the brawn of the left hand. --E. Hall.

And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. --Shak.

3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh
of a boar.

The best age for the boar is from two to five years,
at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him
for brawn. --Mortimer.

4. A boar. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

  1. He wrote that class barriers were crumbling, and pointed to studies showing that by the year 2000, 70 percent of all job will require brains, not brawn, compared with only 30 percent in 1945.
  2. 'We are looking for jobs with more brain power required, not just brawn power.' However, Malaysia's manufacturing sector has yet to mature into a high tech, skills based industry.
  3. So far this season, the Dox have shown more brains than brawn, with a record of 5-7.
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