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tensed

/tens/US // tɛns //UK // (tɛns) //

紧张,紧张的,紧绷的,绷紧的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    tens·er, tens·est.

    • : stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
    • : in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
    • : characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment.
    • : Phonetics. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow. Compare lax.
  1. 1

    tensed, tens·ing.

    • : to make or become tense.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instiffen
as intighten
as inconstrict
as inhunch

Examples

  • I discovered Martin’s paintings four years ago, during a similarly noisy, tense time.

  • The Washington Post went with “A nation divided,” while USA Today chose “A tense nation wonders what’s next.”

  • Now with a tense election nearing, they’re taking preemptive steps to prepare for turmoil that could last days.

  • I love mountain biking, but now even the thought of riding a short section of road on the way to the trails makes my body tense and tears well up in my eyes.

  • It’s been a tense process, because the political power of a Supreme Court justice is enormous—a president gets at most eight years to shape the law but a Supreme Court justice has a lifetime appointment to decide whether laws are constitutional.

  • My sleep is hot and jaw-tensed and filled with dreams of death.

  • The emphasis is on fresh faces and tensed bodies and muscles, rather than come-to-bed eyes, pouting, and bulges down below.

  • It was announced that a new face would soon be stopping by, and the mood slightly tensed.

  • His tensed muscles were aching unheeded; his sense of feeling seemed lost, so intently was he waiting for some further word.

  • Frankle tensed, a chill running up his spine, his eyes drawn back to the gleaming jewel.

  • It became bloated with a poisonous wrath, his eyes gleamed evilly and his muscles tensed.

  • Tick-Tock, ordinarily the most restful and composed of companions, definitely was still tensed up about something.

  • He was suppressing it with an effort, but it showed in his tensed muscles and in his flushed face.