美 [tenst]
adj. 紧的；紧张的
v. 拉紧；变为紧张（tense 的过去分词）
tense /tɛns/ CET4 TEM4 [ tensing tensed tenser tenses tensest ]
形容词 A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next. 令人紧张的 (形势、时期等)
This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks.
这一友好姿态对改善谈判的紧张气氛几乎没起什么作用。
形容词 If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax. (人) 紧张的
Mark, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
马克起初非常紧张，最后终于放松了。
形容词 If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed. (肌肉) 紧绷的
A bath can relax tense muscles.
泡个澡能放松紧绷的肌肉。
及物动词/不及物动词 If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened. 使 (肌肉) 绷紧; 绷紧
Newman's stomach muscles tensed.
纽曼的腹部肌肉绷紧了。
动词词组 Tense up means the same as . 绷紧
When we are under stress our bodies tend to tense up.
当我们处在压力之下时，我们的身体往往会绷紧。
可数名词 The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time. (动词的) 时态
It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
就好像科琳已经死了似的：他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。
having inflections to indicate tense
(元音)紧的；舌肌紧张的(指某些元音，如he中的e)(lax之对)
... 被拉紧的 = tautened 被拉紧的 = tensed 被拉紧的 = tensioned ...
... anxious 忧虑的 tensed 紧张的, 拉紧的 neglected 被忽略的 ...
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She tensed, hearing the strange noise again.
再次听到那个奇怪的声音，她紧张起来。
There is no need for you to be tensed up about the competition.
你没有必要为竞赛而紧张。
Newman's stomach muscles tensed.
纽曼的腹部肌肉绷紧了。
Liam Neeson, his hair standing straight up like tensed wire, is the dauntless but neurotic sex researcher Alfred C.
There she was in her red jacket hiding her face with her bouncy hair as the competition got tensed.
The president sat with his body tensed, one hand gripping the side of his chair, the other clutching his chin, like a stoic enduring punishment.