brawn /ˈbrɔn/
筋肉,膂力,腕力,醃肉
Brawn n.
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.]
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brawn
n : muscular strength [syn: muscle, sinew]