英语词汇“tense”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

tense

释义

Noun: tense tens

A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Verb: tense tens

Become stretched or tense or taut
"the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"
- strain
Increase the tension on
"alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
Become tense, nervous, or uneasy
"He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- tense up
Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
"he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
- strain, tense up

Adjective: tense (tenser,tensest) tens

In or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat')
Taut or rigid; stretched tight
"tense piano strings"

Sounds like: tents

Derived forms: tensing, tensest, tenses, tensed, tenser

See also: agitated, antsy [N. Amer], aroused, cliff-hanging, constricted, edgy, electric, fidgety, fretful, highly strung, high-strung, isotonic, itchy, jittery, jumpy, nail-biting, nervous, nervy, overstrung, pumped, pumped up, pumped-up, restive, strained, suspenseful, suspensive, taut, tensely, tenseness, tension, tensor, tight, uneasy, unrelaxed, uptight, wired, wound up

Type of: affect, alter, change, change state, grammatical category, modify, syntactic category, tighten, turn

Antonym: lax, relax, relaxed

Encyclopedia: Tense

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