sinew

n.
1. muscle,source of strength,strength,main strength肌肉，力量来源，力量，主力。
△1H.IV.4.4.17:“Who with them was a rated sinew too，”i. e. a main strength onwhich they had reckoned. 他本来也是他们所仗恃的一员主将。
2. nerve 神经。
△Lr.3.6.107 (98): “This rest mightyet have balmed thy broken sinews，”休息也许还可以抚慰你那破碎的神经。

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sinew

vt. join together strongly as with sinews,tiefirmly 把…（像以筋腱那样）结实连接在一起，把…牢固地联系起来。
△3H.VI.2.6.91:“So shalt thou sinew both theselands together,/And having France (i.e.the King ofFrance) thy friend,thou shalt not dread / The scat-tered foe that hopes to rise again.”这样你就可以把这两块国土牢牢联系在一起，而且有了法兰西国王做你的朋友，你也就不必害怕被打翻在地的敌人再起来。

sinew[ˈsinju:]

n.腱，肌肉
‖ sinewy adj.