| 单词 | tense |
| 释义 | tense 1. adj. & v. --adj 1. stretched tight, strained (tense cord; tense muscle; tense nerves; tense emotion). 2. causing tenseness (a tense moment). 3. Phonet. pronounced with the vocal muscles tense. --vtr. & intr. make or become tense. Phrases and idioms tense up become tense. Derivatives tensely adv. tenseness n. tensity n. Etymology: L tensus past part. of tendere stretch 2. n. Gram. 1. a form taken by a verb to indicate the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the action etc. (present tense; imperfect tense). 2. a set of such forms for the various persons and numbers. Derivatives tenseless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF tens f. L tempus time |
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