| 单词 | tense |
| 释义 | tense (once / 242 pages) 1adjv 2n 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. When a situation is tense, you might say you could "cut the tension with a knife." When a muscle tenses up, it contracts suddenly–-a person can be said to tense up also. The opposite of tense is "relaxed." If you tense up during exams, it's probably best to learn some relaxation techniques. The brain works best when it's relaxed. WORD FAMILYtense: tensed, tensely, tenseness, tenser, tenses, tensest, tensing, tension, tensity, tensor+/tenseness: tensenesses/tension: tensional, tensionless, tensions/tensity: tensities/tensor: tensors USAGE EXAMPLESCompositions like the tense “Spinning The Wheel” exhibited Michael’s newfound influences. Time(Dec 26, 2016) The atmosphere in the courtroom was tense that day. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) In the tense months before and after their deaths, Lisa Monaco, the senior counterterrorism adviser to the president, was meeting with the grief-stricken families. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1adj taut or rigid; stretched tight tense piano strings Syn|Ant tight closely constrained or constricted or constricting overstrungtoo tightly strung taut, tightpulled or drawn tight lax lacking in strength or firmness or resilience loosenot tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting drooping, droopy, sagginghanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) limplacking in strength or firmness or resilience floppyhanging limply loose, slacknot tense or taut loose-jointedloosely articulated or constructed tensionlessfree from tension 2adj in or of a state of physical or nervous tension Syn|Ant agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply uneasylacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance aroused, wound upbrought to a state of great tension cliff-hanging, nail-biting, suspenseful, suspensive(of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense tautsubjected to great tension; stretched tight antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchynervous and unable to relax edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptightbeing in a tense state electric(of a situation) exceptionally tense isotonicof two or more muscles; having equal tension nervouseasily agitated strainedshowing signs of mental and emotional tension unrelaxednor relaxed pumped, pumped up, pumped-up, wiredtense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline relaxed without strain or anxiety unagitatednot agitated or disturbed emotionally easyfree from worry or anxiety degagefree and relaxed in manner laid-back, mellowunhurried and relaxed unstrainednot placed under psychological stress 3adj pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') Syn|Ant constricted especially tense; especially in some dialects lax pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') 4v become stretched or tense or taut the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed Syn|Hyper strain tighten become tight or tighter 5v increase the tension on alternately relax and tense your calf muscle tense the rope manually before tensing the spring Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v become tense, nervous, or uneasy He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room Syn|Ant|Hyper tense up decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind become less tense, rest, or take one's ease change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 7v cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious 2he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper strain, tense up loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind cause to feel relaxed extend, stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body spread-eaglestretch out completely crane, stretch outstretch (the neck) so as to see better affect act physically on; have an effect upon n a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time Hypo|Hyper present, present tense a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking aorista verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation past, past tensea verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past future, future tensea verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tensea tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tensea tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) historical presentthe use of the present tense to describe past actions or states present progressive, present progressive tensea tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance present perfect, present perfect tensea perfective tense used to express action completed in the present preterit, preteritea term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tensea perfective tense used to express action completed in the past past progressive, past progressive tensea progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past future perfect, future perfect tensea perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future future progressive, future progressive tensea progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future grammatical category, syntactic category (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties |
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