quad, athletic, quadruple, quadriceps, Quadratl, anything but, kick out,

 he earned the nickname Quadratl (little square) Hoffmann.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I looked around and saw my competitors, they’re all doing these quads, and at the same time they’re a head shorter than me, they’re 10 years younger than me and they’re the size of one of my legs."

ADAM RIPPON, a figure skater on the United States Olympic team, on pressures he faced related to body image and eating.

It's Time to Kick Out Some Olympic Sports

By Hannah Beech / Beijing Viewpoint: There's no question that the women competing in Beijing aren't anything but athletic. But should synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics remain in the Games?

股四頭肌

使膝伸直的一組肌肉
其英文名quadriceps意為四個頭。股四頭肌包括四大塊肌肉---股直肌、股外側肌、股內側肌和股中間肌,此肌肉位於大腿前側。股四頭肌收縮時,拉動膝上的腱並使膝伸直。人類是用這些肌肉行走和奔跑。




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quadruple
verb [I or T]
to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four:
The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.
We expect to quadruple our profits this year.

quadruple
adjective, predeterminer
a quadruple measure (= one four times as big as usual)
We have had quadruple the number of applicants we expected.

quadriceps

(kwŏd'rĭ-sĕps') 
n.
The large four-part extensor muscle at the front of the thigh.

[QUADRI– + (BI)CEPS.]

athlete Show phonetics
noun [C]
a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in organized events:
He became a professional athlete at the age of 16.
She has the build of an athlete.

athletic Show phonetics
adjective
1 strong, healthy and good at sports:
She looks very athletic.

2 [before noun] relating to athletes or the sport of athletics:
This college has a long tradition of athletic excellence.

athleticism Show phonetics
noun [U]
The team's superb athleticism (= skill in running, jumping, throwing, etc.) compensated for their lack of international experience.

athletics UK Show phonetics
noun [U] (US track and field)
the general name for a particular group of competitive sports, including running, jumping and throwing:
an athletics team/club/meeting

anything but
If you say that someone or something is anything but a particular quality, you mean that the person or thing is the opposite of that particular quality:
She's meant to be really nice but she was anything but nice when I met her.

kick sb out phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to force someone to leave a place or organization:
His wife kicked him out.
She was kicked out of the squad.

quad

NOUN

• 1A quadrangle.

  ‘students greeted him as he walked through the quad’
• 2A quadruplet.

  ‘9,294 women gave birth to twins, while 147 had triplets, and five had quads’
• 3A quadriceps muscle.

  ‘I have well-developed quads but my glutes are not all they could be’
• 4A quad bike.

  ‘inexperienced riders on quads and mopeds’
• 5mass noun Quadraphony.

  ‘we issued records in two forms at once, stereo and quad’
• 6(in telephony) a group of four insulated conductors twisted together, usually forming two circuits.
• 7A radio aerial in the form of a square or rectangle broken in the middle of one side.
• 8informal A traditional four-wheeled roller skate.
• 9Printing 
  A small metal block in various sizes, lower than type height, used in letterpress printing for filling up short lines.

ADJECTIVE

informal 

• attributive Quadruple or quadraphonic.