tense

tense1
adjective
  1. (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid
    （尤指肌肉、身体）拉紧的，绷紧的
    she tried to relax her tense muscles.
    她尽力放松紧绷的肌肉。
    ■(of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation
    （人）紧张的
    he was tense with excitement.
    他由于激动而紧张。
    ■(of a situation, event, etc.）causing or showing anxiety and nervousness
    （局势、事件等）引起紧张的
    relations between the two neighbouring states had been tense in recent years.
    两个邻国的关系近几年来一直处于紧张状态。
    ■(Phonetics)(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles stretched tight
    (语音)（语音，尤指元音）紧的。 lax的反义词
verb
  1. [no obj.]become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness
    拉紧，绷紧；变得紧张
    her body tensed up.
    她的身子绷紧了。
    ■[with obj.]make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid
    使拉紧，使绷紧；使紧张
    carefully stretch and then tense your muscles.
    小心地伸展你的肌肉然后再绷紧。
派生
tensely
adverb
tenseness
noun
tensity
noun
  1. (clated).)(旧).)
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus 'stretched', from the verb tendere
tense2
noun
  1. (Grammar)a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance
    (语法)（动词的）时（态）
    the past tense.
    过去时。
派生
tenseless
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (in the general sense 'time'): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus 'time'
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