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单词 tense
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tense

adjective
/tens/
/tens/
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  1. (of a person) nervous or worried, and unable to relax
    • He's a very tense person.
    • She sounded tense and angry.
    Extra Examples
    • I was feeling a little tense and restless.
    • There's no point in getting tense about the situation.
    • Try to relax. Are you always this tense?
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
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  2. (of a situation, an event, a period of time, etc.) in which people have strong feelings such as worry, anger, etc. that often cannot be expressed openly
    • I spent a tense few weeks waiting for the results of the tests.
    • The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more tense.
    Extra Examples
    • Relations between the two leaders are visibly tense.
    • The situation grew increasingly tense.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
  3. (of a muscle or other part of the body) tight rather than relaxed
    • A massage will relax those tense muscles.
  4. (of wire, etc.) stretched tightly synonym taut
  5. (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced with the muscles of the speech organs stretched tight opposite lax
  6. Word Originadjective late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.

tense

noun
/tens/
/tens/
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  1. any of the forms of a verb that may be used to show the time of the action or state expressed by the verb
    • the past/present/future tense
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    • case
    • conjugate
    • gender
    • grammar
    • inflect
    • noun
    • part of speech
    • singular
    • subject
    • tense
    Extra Examples
    • ‘Have’ is the auxiliary verb used to form perfect tenses.
    • In the sentence ‘I fed the cat’, ‘fed’ is in the past tense.
    • the present tense marker ‘s’
    Topics Languagea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • future
    • past
    • present
    verb + tense
    • use
    • form
    tense + noun
    • marker
    preposition
    • in the… tense
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    Word Originnoun Middle English (in the general sense ‘time’): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus ‘time’.

tense

verb
/tens/
/tens/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tense
/tens/
/tens/
he / she / it tenses
/ˈtensɪz/
/ˈtensɪz/
past simple tensed
/tenst/
/tenst/
past participle tensed
/tenst/
/tenst/
-ing form tensing
/ˈtensɪŋ/
/ˈtensɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. if you tense your muscles, or you or your muscles tense, they become tight and stiff, especially because you are not relaxed
    • tense something/yourself (up) She tensed her muscles in anticipation of the blow.
    • He tensed himself, listening to see if anyone had followed him.
    • Expecting a blow, she tensed every muscle in her body.
    • tense (up) His muscles tensed as he got ready to run.
    • She tensed, hearing the strange noise again.
    Word Originverb late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.
Idioms
be/get tensed up
  1. to become or feel nervous or worried so that you cannot relax
    • I was so tensed up during the flight.
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