请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 intense
释义 in·tense
\ə̇n.ˈten(t)s\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin intensus stretched, tight, intense, from intensus, past participle of intendere to stretch out, intend
1.
 a. : existing in a strained or extreme degree : revealed in the height of its distinctive character
  < an intense light >
  < an expression of intense anxiety — T.B.Costain >
  < intense cold >
 b. of color : very deep
  < dyed an intense blue >
 c. : having or showing its characteristic trait in extreme degree
  < an intense sun shone down >
  < the moon, intense and white as the snow — Eudora Welty >
  < intense bright frosty stars — John Masefield >
 d. : extremely marked or pronounced : intensive
  < rock alteration is intense, leaving few minerals or rocks in their original condition — University of Arizona Record >
  < a neurodermatitis with intense itching and burning of the skin — H.G.Armstrong >
 e. : very large : considerable
  < giving off intense amounts of radiation — Arthur Charlesby >
2. : strained or straining in or as if in an extreme effort : done or performed with great zeal, energy, or eagerness : highly concentrated
 < intense study >
 < a pursuit of learning intenser perhaps than any before or since — Ellery Sedgwick >
 < listened with intense attention >
3.
 a. obsolete : intent, bent, resolved — used with upon or about
 b.
  (1) : feeling deeply especially by nature or temperament : exhibiting or reflecting strong feeling or earnestness of purpose
   < my only love, you are so intense — Edna S. V. Millay >
   < so intense in his moral convictions — G.G.Coulton >
   < intense in everything he does — Current Biography >
   < an intense expression on his face >
  (2) : charged with artistic emotion or intellectual excitement : possessing the quality of artistic tension
   < his style is intense, eloquent, personal to himself — H.O.Taylor >
   < painted his most mature and intense work — Americas >
  (3) : deeply felt
   < a man of intense convictions >
in·tense·ly adverb
in·tense·ness noun
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/14 4:44:42