Flex



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.弯曲
• ［英］ v.弯曲 ( to bend［an arm, knee, etc.］)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Latin flexus, past participle of flectere to bend
• Date: circa 1521
• transitive verb
  • 1. to bend especially repeatedly
  • 2.
    • a. to move muscles so as to cause flexion of (a joint)
    • b. to move or tense (a muscle) by contraction
  • 3. use, demonstrate <flexing her skills as a singer>
• intransitive verb
  • bend

II. noun

• Etymology: short for flexible cord
• Date: 1905
• chiefly British an electric cord

III. noun

• Date: circa 1934
• an act or instance of flexing

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