| 单词 | tension |
| 释义 | Word Frequency tension(ˈtɛnʃən) noun 1. the act of stretching or the state or degree of being stretched 2. mental or emotional strain; stress 3. a situation or condition of hostility, suspense, or uneasiness 4. physics a force that tends to produce an elongation of a body or structure 5. physics a. voltage, electromotive force, or potential difference b. (in combination) high-tension low-tension 6. a device for regulating the tension in a part, string, thread, etc, as in a sewing machine 7. knitting the degree of tightness or looseness with which a person knits Derived forms tensional (ˈtensional) adjective tensionless (ˈtensionless) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin tensiō, from tendere to strain |
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