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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

flex [flεks]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] [BRIT] [of appliance] 电线[美 = cord]
  2. 2. vt. [+muscles] [ fingers] 屈曲

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

flex [flεks] [fleks]
  1. 1. vt.,vi. 手臂膝关节等的)屈曲折曲弯曲挠曲
  2. 2. vt.,vi. 使(肌肉)收缩
flex [flεks] [fleks]
  1. 1. noun [电子] [British English] 花线皮线

Collins English-English Dictionary

flex [flεks]
  1. 1. n [Brit] a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains cord
  2. 2. n [Spoken] flexibility or pliability
  3. 3. vb to bend or be bent
    he flexed his arm
    his arm flexed
  4. 4. vb to contract (a muscle) or (of a muscle) to contract
  5. 5. vi. [intr] to work according to flexitime
  6. 6. vi. to test or display (one's authority or strength)
  7. 7. vi. [Etymology] C16: from Latin flexus bent, winding, from flectere to bend, bow

Examples

to flex one's muscles
显示力量
He danced up and down to flex his body.
他不断地舞动,扭动着他的身体。
舒散一下筋骨
stretch oneself; flex one's limbs; relax one's muscles
转动手腕子
flex one's wrist

nciku Video Note

[quán]

  • Scene:

    身体蜷作一团 / curling up

  • Examples:

    蜷伏,蜷曲,蜷缩

  • Description:

    蜷 means the body is curled up like a worm and not stretch out.

Related video notes: 蜷、弯

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    花线,皮线

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