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mussel

noun
🔊/ˈmʌsl/
🔊/ˈmʌsl/
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  1. a small shellfish that can be eaten, with a black shell in two parts贻贝
    Homophones muscle | musselmuscle   mussel
    🔊/ˈmʌsl/
    🔊/ˈmʌsl/
    • muscle noun
      • You should stretch before exercise to avoid muscle injuries.您应该在运动前伸展一下，以避免肌肉受伤。
    • muscle verb
      • Don't let that bully muscle in on your success!不要让那种欺负您的成功！
    • mussel noun
      • Grandad's mussel linguine recipe was absolutely mouth-watering.爷爷的贻贝扁面条配方绝对令人垂涎。
    Topics Fish and shellfishc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMussel is used before these nouns:
    • shell
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    Word OriginOld English mus(c)le, superseded by forms from Middle Low German mussel, Middle Dutch mosscele; ultimately from late Latin muscula, from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus ‘mouse’ (some muscles being thought to be mouse-like in form).