flex

曲げる、筋肉に力を入れる

筋肉を使って体の一部を曲げたり、筋肉に力を入れたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To bend a body part or tighten a muscle by using your muscles.

• Flex your fingers slowly.
• He flexed his arm to show his muscles.
• Can you flex your knee without pain?

類義語： bend, contract

反対語： extend

よく使う表現： flex your muscles, flex your fingers, flex your knee

曲げる、たわむ

物を曲げること、または力が加わってたわむこと。

やさしい英語で： To bend something, or to bend when pressure is applied.

• The thin board flexes under your weight.
• She flexed the plastic strip between her fingers.
• The bridge must flex slightly in strong winds.

類義語： bend

よく使う表現： flex a rod, flex under pressure, flex slightly

自慢、見せびらかし

自慢する行為、または自慢のために見せる立派なもの。

やさしい英語で： An act of showing off, or something impressive used to show off.

• That expensive watch is quite a flex.
• Buying everyone dinner was a big flex.
• Posting his bank balance felt like a weird flex.

類義語： boast, brag, display

よく使う表現： weird flex, big flex, ultimate flex

屈曲、筋肉の収縮

体の一部を曲げたり、筋肉に力を入れたりする動き。

やさしい英語で： A movement that bends a body part or makes a muscle tighten.

• Try a gentle flex of your wrist.
• A flex of her arm revealed the muscle.
• He finished the exercise with one final flex.

使い方： a flex of something (A quick flex of his wrist sent the ball spinning.)

類義語： bend, contraction

よく使う表現： gentle flex, flex of something, muscle flex