taut
adjective /tɔːt/
/tɔːt/
- stretched tightly
拉紧的;绷紧的 - taut violin strings
绷紧的小提琴弦 - Keep the rope taut.
把绳子拉紧,别松开。 - His skin was stretched taut across his cheekbones.
他的皮肤紧绷在颧骨上。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
- taut violin strings
- showing that you are anxious or tense
显得紧张的(或焦虑的、不安的等) - a voice taut with anger
气得发紧的声音 - Her face was taut and pale.
她神色紧张,脸色苍白。 - Her body went as taut as a bowstring.
她的身体紧张得像绷紧的弓弦。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
- a voice taut with anger
- (of a person or their body
) with hard muscles; not fat人或人体 肌肉结实的;不虚胖的 - His body was solid and taut.
他身体结实,肌肉发达。
- His body was solid and taut.
- (of a piece of writing, etc.
) carefully written with no unnecessary parts in it文章等 结构严谨的;紧凑的 - a taut thriller
故事紧凑的惊悚小说 - the writer’s taut prose
这位作家简洁的散文
- a taut thriller
词源Middle English tought ‘distended’, perhaps originally a variant of tough.