brawn

英 [brɔːn]      美 [brɑːn]
  • n. 发达的肌肉;膂力;腌制好的野猪肉
星级词汇:
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【记】brawn=brown(adj 棕色的),肌肉结实就是棕色的。
brawn 体力

来自zero-grade 词根br, 烧,烤,同burn, brew. 原指烧牛肉,后指经常吃牛肉的人。

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 brað "raw meat," Old English bræd "flesh"), from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat," from root *bhreuə- "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].
1. He's got plenty of brains as well as brawn.
他头脑聪明,身体强健。
2. In this job you need brains as well as brawn.
这项工作耗神又耗力。
3. In this job you need both brains and brawn.
做这份工作既劳神又费力.
4. They relied on brains rather than brawn.
他们靠的是脑力,而不是体力.
5. A wanton woman prefers brawn to brains.
荡妇喜欢肌肉发达的人甚于头脑聪明的人.

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