biceps

/'baiseps/

Thân thiện

He flexes his biceps to show his strength.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A muscle with two points of origin: In anatomy, a biceps is any skeletal muscle that has two heads or points of origin. The term is most commonly used to refer to the large muscle at the front of the upper arm that flexes the elbow and supinates the forearm.
   • The prominent muscle of the upper arm: Colloquially, "biceps" often refers specifically to the well-developed, visible muscle on the upper arm, commonly associated with strength.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He flexed his biceps to show his strength.
  • The biceps brachii is the primary muscle that bends the elbow.
  • Regular exercise can help build your biceps.

Advanced Usage

• "To work one's biceps": To perform exercises specifically targeting the biceps muscles.
  • His workout routine includes several exercises to work his biceps.
• "Biceps curl": A weightlifting exercise where a weight is lifted by bending the elbow, specifically targeting the biceps brachii.
  • She performed three sets of biceps curls with dumbbells.

Variants and Related Words

• Biceps brachii (n): The full anatomical name for the two-headed muscle of the upper arm.
  • The biceps brachii originates from the scapula.
• Biceps femoris (n): A muscle of the posterior thigh, part of the hamstring group, which also has two heads.
  • A strain in the biceps femoris is a common sports injury.

Synonyms

• Arm muscle: A general term for muscles in the arm.
• Flexor: A muscle that bends a joint (the biceps is a flexor of the elbow).

Related Phrases

• "To make a muscle": An informal phrase meaning to flex the biceps to show its size.
  • The child asked his father to make a muscle.
• "Gun show": A very informal, humorous idiom referring to showing off one's biceps.
  • He rolled up his sleeves for the "gun show".

Học thuật

Noun

1. any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)