biceps

noun
🔊/ˈbaɪseps/
🔊/ˈbaɪseps/
(plural biceps)
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  1. the main muscle at the front of the top part of the arm二头肌(上臂前侧的主要肌肉)
    • He showed off his bulging biceps.他炫耀了他的二头肌。
    compare tricepsTopics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBiceps is used before these nouns:
    • workout
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘two-headed’, from bi- ‘two’ + -ceps (from caput ‘head’).