thew /ˈθu, ˈθju/
肌(肉),體力,活力
Thew n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural Thews ]
1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obs.]
For her great light
Of sapience, and for her thews clear. --Chaucer.
Evil speeches destroy good thews. --Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).
To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. --Spenser.
2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
And I myself, who sat apart
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the thews of Anakim,
The pules of a Titan's heart. --Tennyson.
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