brawn
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumbStrong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
» Tom is all brawn and no brain.
Значення
значень: 4(злічуване, незлічуване)Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
Muskelkraft
мускулыmuskuly, мышцыmyšcy
(злічуване, незлічуване)Physical strength; muscularity.
The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.
мускулистостьmuskulistostʹ
possessing muscular strength
(Британія, злічуване, незлічуване)Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Sülze
(Британія, злічуване, діалектне, незлічуване)A boar.
Приклади
речень: 5Tom is all brawn and no brain.
She provides the brains and he provides the brawn.
What he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn.
What's better, brains or brawn?
Tom's perfect. He's got the brains and the brawn.
Переклади
мов: 5За значеннями 2
За значеннями 2
Походження
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”),From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, oblique forms of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”).
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Форми
множина: brawnsСиноніми
синонімів: 5- possessing muscular strength:brawninessmusclemuscularitysinewheftiness
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