Sinewy

(a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

(a.) Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.

录入:索尔

• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• His sinewy and powerful hands, as sunburnt as his face, have evidently been used to a pretty rough life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They are very sinewy and strong, are Rouncewell's hands--a little sooty too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He held out his nervous, sinewy hand and took the rabbit by the ears, from Gudrun. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Again I gripped him by the sleeve, and felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

编辑:桑德拉