brawn
英[br??n]
美[br?n]
- n. 發達的肌肉；膂力；腌制好的野豬肉
助記提示
【記】brawn＝brown（adj 棕色的），肌肉結實就是棕色的。
中文詞源
brawn 體力
來自zero-grade 詞根br, 燒，烤，同burn, brew. 原指燒牛肉，后指經常吃牛肉的人。
英文詞源
- brawn
- brawn: [14] English acquired brawn from Anglo- Norman braun or Old French braon, which meant ‘flesh, muscle’, but the word’s ultimate origins are not so much a matter of physiological substance as of suitability for cooking and eating. For the source of the French word was Germanic *brādon ‘roast’, which can probably be traced back to Indo-European *bhrē- ‘burn, heat’ (ancestor also of English braise, breath, breed, and brood). Brawn was thus originally a ‘piece of meat suitable for roasting’.
=> braise, breath, breed, brood - brawn (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French braon "fleshy or muscular part, buttock," from Frankish *brado "ham, roast" or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bred-on- (cognates: Old High German brato "tender meat," German Braten "roast," Old Norse brae "raw meat," Old English br?d "flesh"), from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat," from root *bhreu?- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn" (see brew (v.)). The original sense is "piece of meat suitable for roasting." "The specific sense 'boar's flesh' is exclusively of English development, and characteristic of English habits" [OED].
雙語例句
- 1. He's got plenty of brains as well as brawn.
- 他頭腦聰明，身體強健。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In this job you need brains as well as brawn.
- 這項工作耗神又耗力。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. In this job you need both brains and brawn.
- 做這份工作既勞神又費力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They relied on brains rather than brawn.
- 他們靠的是腦力,而不是體力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A wanton woman prefers brawn to brains.
- 蕩婦喜歡肌肉發達的人甚于頭腦聰明的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》