As you slowly return to the starting position , turn your palms toward the ceiling , flex your arms and curl the dumbbells in toward your shoulders .
当慢慢回到原位置时,手掌朝上,弯曲手臂,朝肩部方向运动哑铃。
Scientists have long speculated that ocean waves could cause an ice shelf to flex and break , but this is the first time researchers have observed a tsunami having this effect .
When a knife cuts your skin , it leaves a relatively clean cut compared to paper , which will flex a little and do more microscopic damage to the skin .
During yawning , the walls of the maxillary sinuses ( located in the cheeks on each side of the nose ) flex like bellows and help with brain cooling , according to the researchers .
这两位研究人员表示,在打哈欠时,上颌窦的壁部(位于鼻子两边的脸颊上)像风箱一样弯曲,帮助大脑降温。
The severing at these points causes nerve damage that makes the wrist flex and the fingers curl up in the manner of a waiter taking a backhanded tip .
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form同义词:bend, deform, twist, turn
例句
The gardeners flexed their muscles and began to dig.园丁们舒腰展臂后才开始挖地。
Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable.柔软的可弯曲或扭曲的; 柔韧的
详细解释
flex v.(动词)flexed,flex.ing,flex.es v.tr.(及物动词)To bend (something pliant or elastic).使(柔韧的或有弹性的东西)弯曲 To bend (a joint).屈曲(关节)To bend (a joint) repeatedly.反复屈曲(关节) To contract (a muscle, for example).收缩(如肌肉)To move by muscular control:通过肌肉调节而运动:例句:.Sandy flexes his brow characteristically, one of those Latin gestures reflecting something too delicate or imprecise to say.(Scott Turow).山迪颇具特色地皱了皱眉头,这是一种拉丁人对微妙说不清的事情的暗示.(斯科特·图罗) To exhibit or show off the strength of:显示或炫耀…的力量:例句:.They had spent six years since the lightning Six Day War flexing their invincibility.(Howard Kaplan).自从那次显示他们战无不胜的闪电似的六日战以来已有六年了.(霍华德·卡普兰) v.intr.(不及物动词)To bend:弯曲:例句:.His hands flexed nervously as he spoke.(Mary McCarthy).他说话时手紧张地攥着.(玛丽·麦卡锡) n.(名词)Chiefly British Flexible insulated electric cord.【多用于英国】 花线,皮线:软的绝缘电线The act or an instance of flexing; a bending.弯曲:弯曲的行为或实例;弯曲Pliancy; flexibility:柔韧性;弹性:例句:.‘Resolution’ has none of that modern flex we favor, with generous, built-in amounts of ‘maybe’.(Melvin Maddocks).‘果断’没有我们所推崇的现代弹性的意味,即说一大堆暗含‘也许’的话.(梅尔文·马多克斯) <习惯用语>flex (one`s) muscles【非正式用语】 To exhibit or show off one`s strength.显示或炫耀(某人的)力量习惯用语>来源:Latin flectere flex- [to bend] 拉丁语 flectere flex- [弯曲]