rotator
rotator — 名詞
- rotatorsingular
- rotatorsplural
1. a muscle that turns a limb or bone in place, such as the muscles that let the ar
旋轉肌
使肩、髖等關節轉動的肌肉
a muscle that turns a limb or bone in place, such as the muscles that let the arm swing round at the shoulder
The deep rotators in the shoulder let Hari raise his arm above his head.
肩膀深處的旋轉肌讓 Hari 能把手臂高舉過頭。
the rotators of [joint] (anatomy collocation)
Selim tore a rotator while lifting heavy boxes during the office move.
Selim 在搬辦公室、抬重箱子時，拉傷了一條旋轉肌。
tear a rotator (common injury collocation)
The physiotherapist showed Nora simple exercises to strengthen the small rotators around her hip.
物理治療師教 Nora 一些簡單的運動，來強化她髖部周圍的小旋轉肌。
Each rotator pulls on a nearby bone, letting the joint twist from side to side.
每條旋轉肌都會拉動附近的骨頭，讓關節能左右轉動。
After surgery, Esteban could barely move the injured rotator in his right shoulder.
手術後，Esteban 幾乎無法移動右肩那條受傷的旋轉肌。
用法筆記
Most often plural ('the rotators') or part of the fixed phrase 'rotator cuff', the group of small shoulder muscles that hold the joint together.