tensed

英 [tenst]

美 [tenst]

v.  (使肌肉)拉紧，绷紧
tense的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：tensed　

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (局势、时期)令人紧张的，让人焦虑的
  Atensesituation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
  1. This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...
     这一友好姿态基本上没有改善会谈的紧张气氛。
  2. After three very tense weeks he phoned again...
     过了紧张不安的 3 个星期，他又一次打来电话。
  3. There was a tense silence.
     有一阵令人局促不安的沉默。
• ADJ-GRADED 紧张的;焦虑的;无法放松的
  If you aretense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
  1. Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
     起初，达特非常紧张，最后终于放松了下来。
• ADJ-GRADED (肌肉)紧张的，绷紧的
  If your body istense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
  1. She lay, eyes shut, body tense...
     她躺着，双目紧闭，全身绷直。
  2. A bath can relax tense muscles.
     洗个澡可以放松紧张的肌肉。
• V-ERG （使）（肌肉）紧张，绷紧
  If your musclestense, if youtense, or if youtenseyour muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.
  1. Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
     纽曼的腹肌绷紧了。
  2. He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
     那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。
  3. Jane tensed her muscles to stop them from shaking.
     简把肌肉绷紧，不让它们颤抖。
  4. Tense upmeans the same astense.
     tense up 同 tense
  5. When we are under stress our bodies tend to tense up...
     人一紧张，身体就会变僵硬。
  6. I tried not to tense up, or become obviously wary...
     我尽量不让自己紧张，或者表现得非常警觉。
  7. Tense up the muscles in both of your legs.
     把两腿的肌肉绷紧。
• N-COUNT (动词的)时，时态
  Thetenseof a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
  1. It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
     科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。

英英释义

adj

• having inflections to indicate tense

双语例句

• He always gets tensed up when he sees the exam questions.
  他看到考题的时候，总是会神经紧张。
• He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder
  那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。
• John Parker tensed when he heard the soft knock.
  听到轻轻的敲门声，约翰？帕克神情紧张起来。
• He tensed as he heard it slow down.
  他听到它慢下来时变得好紧张。
• There's no need to get all tensed up about your first class, the students won't eat you.
  没有必要为你第一堂课而紧张不安，学生不会吃了你。
• I tensed at once, for there, of course, lay another danger: my own visit to New York.
  我警觉起来，因为，当然了，潜伏着另一个威胁：我独自去纽约。
• Now she tensed herself for one final effort.
  这时她用足了劲，准备作最后一次努力。
• But then I tensed up.
  但后来我过于紧张了。
• We were approaching a slow-moving minivan quickly and I tensed, my foot hovering over the brake pedal.
  车子很快接近了一台开得很慢的面包车，我精神紧张起来，把脚放在刹车踏板上准备随时制动。
• Jane tensed her muscles to stop them from shaking.
  简把肌肉绷紧，不让它们颤抖。