Muscle

Definition

muscle /'mʌsl/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ႂကြက္သား။ calf/ neck/ facial muscles ❍ strain/ tear/ pull a muscle ❍ exercises to develop the muscles ❍ Don't move a muscle (ie Stay completely still)! (ခ) [U] အသားမွ်င္။ The heart is made of muscle. ၂။ [U] ခြန္အား။ ဗလ။ have plenty of muscle but no brains. ၃။ [U] အစြမ္း။ legal/ political/ industrial muscle ❍ a trade union with plenty of muscle. ❏ muscle-bound adj ႂကြက္သားမ်ား ဖုထစ္ မာေက်ာေသာ။ ❏ muscle in (on sb/sth) [ PHRV ] ( infml derog ) ဝင္စြက္ သည္။ ဝင္႐ႈပ္သည္။ She resents the way her family are trying to muscle in on her success. ❏ muscle-man /-mæn/ n ( pl -men /-men /) ဗလႀကီး။

Examples

1. These exercises are good for your stomach muscles.
2. [pull a muscle] : He limped out of the game after pulling a muscle .
3. It’s going to take a lot of muscle to lift the fridge.
4. Military/financial/political muscle
5. The stars will use their muscle to make the campaign a success.