sinewy

Although this is hailed as Woo's "homecoming" after his Hollywood tenure, hardcore disciples of his Hong Kong oeuvre will be straining hard to find the all-stops-out passion and sinewy machismo that ignited his bullet ballets such as "A Better Tomorrow" or "The Killer."

尽管《赤壁》被誉为吴宇森在好莱坞发展后的“归家之作”后，但对其香港作品崇拜的坚定追随者正不遗余力地挖掘自身的热血豪情和盛气凌人的男子气概，诚如《英雄本色》或《喋血双雄》中的子弹芭蕾。

Beside him lay a child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck, and her golden-haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.

他的身旁睡着一个小女孩，小女孩的又圆又白的小手臂，搂着大人的又黑又瘦的脖子，她那披着金发的小脑袋，倚在这个穿着棉绒上身的男人的胸上，

With its sinewy movements and singular lack of enthusiasm, it is remarkable that such a creature can feed itself at all, but looks can be deceiving!

懒猴的行动强而有力而且异常地懒散，怪的是这样的生物可以养活自己，外表有时可是会骗人的。