学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2869 flex muscle

今天我们要学的词组是flex¹ muscle。Flex muscle，意思是炫耀武力、展示力量。China flexed² military muscle with more than 100 planes flying overhead and almost 600 types of weaponry on display to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. 为庆祝人民解放军建军90年，中国展示其军事力量，逾百架飞机从头顶飞过，并展出近600种武器。The US flexed its muscle by flying two bombers³ over the Korean peninsula “in direct response” to North Korea's announcement that it conducted another test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. 美国派出两架轰炸机飞跃朝鲜半岛以炫耀武力，这是对朝鲜宣布其再一次进行了洲际弹道导弹测试的“直接回应”。好的，我们今天学习的词组是flex muscle, flex muscle, flex muscle...

1 flex   

n.皮线，花线；vt.弯曲或伸展

参考例句：

• We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
• He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。

2 flexed   

adj.[医]曲折的，屈曲v.屈曲( flex的过去式和过去分词 )；弯曲；（为准备大干而）显示实力；摩拳擦掌

参考例句：

• He stretched and flexed his knees to relax himself. 他伸屈膝关节使自己放松一下。 来自辞典例句
• He flexed his long stringy muscles manfully. 他孔武有力地弯起膀子，显露出细长条的肌肉。 来自辞典例句

3 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》