muscle up

筋肉をつける

運動して筋肉を大きく、強くすること。

やさしい英語で： To exercise so that your muscles become bigger and stronger.

• He wants to muscle up.
• She muscled up by lifting weights every morning.
• The players are muscling up before the season starts.

使い方： muscle up for something (He's muscling up for the rugby season.)

類義語： bulk up, build muscle

よく使う表現： muscle up for something, muscle up quickly, muscle up at home

強化する

人や物を、より強くしたり力のあるものにしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something stronger or more powerful.

• The club wants to muscle up its defence.
• They muscled up the engine with new parts.
• Extra funding should help muscle up the rescue service.

使い方： muscle something up (The new recruits will muscle the team up.)

類義語： strengthen, beef up, reinforce

反対語： weaken

よく使う表現： muscle up something, muscle up defences, muscle up a team

力ずくで進む、押し入る

体の力で押しのけ、ある場所に入ったり通り抜けたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To use physical strength to push your way into or through a place.

• He muscled up through the crowd.
• Two guards muscled up into the blocked entrance.
• We had to muscle up through the people outside.

使い方： muscle up through something (He muscled up through the packed crowd.); muscle up into something (She muscled up into the crowded doorway.)

類義語： push through, force one's way

よく使う表現： muscle up through something, muscle up into something