hamstring

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
  2. The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles. informal
    — Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.
动词 v.
  1. To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. transitive
  2. To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. figuratively,transitive
    — So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home.

词形变化

hamstrings plural hamstrings present,singular,third-person hamstringing participle,present hamstrung participle,past hamstrung past hamstringed participle,past hamstringed past

词汇关系

上位词
disable
衍生词
hamstringer

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English ham
English string
English hamstring
From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) + string.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English ham
English string
English hamstring
From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) + string.
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