tense
tense 英 [tens] 美 [tɛns]
adj. 紧张的；拉紧的 v. 拉紧，变得紧张
进行时:tensing 过去式:tensed 过去分词:tensed 第三人称单数:tenses 名词复数:tenses
- When something's stretched tight, it's tense. A rope can be tense. So can a muscle. When a person's tense, they're anxious.
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- adj. 紧张的；拉紧的
- v. 拉紧，变得紧张
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1. He's a very tense person.
他是个神经非常紧张的人。
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2. She sounded tense and angry.
她的声音听起来又气又急。
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3. The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more tense.
会议的气氛越来越紧张。
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4. A massage will relax those tense muscles.
按摩会使紧张的肌肉松弛。
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5. She tensed her muscles in anticipation of the blow.
眼看要捱打，她绷紧了肌肉。
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6. His muscles tensed as he got ready to run.
他准备起跑时肌肉绷紧了。
- tense (adj.) "stretched tight," 1660s, from Latin tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch, extend," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Figurative sense of "in a state of nervous tension" is first recorded 1821. Related: Tensely; tenseness.
- tense (n.) "form of a verb showing time of an action or state," early 14c., tens "time," also "tense of a verb" (late 14c.), from Old French tens "time, period of time, era; occasion, opportunity; weather" (11c., Modern French temps), from Latin tempus "a portion of time" (also source of Spanish tiempo, Italian tempo; see temporal).
- tense (v.) "to make tense," 1670s, from tense (adj.); intransitive sense of "to become tense" (often tense up) is recorded from 1946. Related: Tensed; tensing.
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