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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

tauten

/tawt-n/US // ˈtɔt n //UK // (ˈtɔːtən) //

绷带,绷紧,绷带式,绷紧神经

Related Words

stiffen变硬,变硬了,硬化,僵化tighten拧紧,收紧,缩紧,紧缩force力量,力,权力,力度straighten拉直,矫正,矫直,矫治strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性constrict压迫,缢死,缢杀,拘束

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to make or become taut.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtense
Synonyms
constrict压迫,缢死,缢杀,拘束force力量,力,权力,力度stiffen变硬,变硬了,硬化,僵化straighten拉直,矫正,矫直,矫治strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性tighten拧紧,收紧,缩紧,紧缩go rigid僵化,僵硬,僵化的,僵硬的

Examples

  • He leaped backward like an acrobat, as he saw the mighty muscles tauten for action, and so escaped being felled by the blow.

  • We gave the Skippers voice time to reach the wheelhouse, and then saw the wake visibly tauten out.

  • A moment more and the lines tauten: 'Mackerel it is, by Jingo!'

  • Around the girl he drew his right arm; she felt his muscles tauten as he clasped her to him.

  • Various methods were tried in the early days to tauten and strengthen the fabric.

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