taut

英 [tɔːt] 美[tɔt]
  • adj. 拉紧的;紧张的;整洁的
  • vt. 使纠缠;使缠结
  • n. (Taut)人名;(德)陶特

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词态变化


比较级: tauter;最高级: tautest;副词: tautly;名词: tautness;

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谐音“拖它”。

中文词源


taut 拉紧的

来自中古英语 tought,拉紧的,可能来自 tough 变体。

英英释意


1. pulled or drawn tight;
"taut sails"
"a tight drumhead"
"a tight rope"
2. subjected to great tension; stretched tight;
"the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"
"her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"

英文词源


taut (adj.)
mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie. Related: Tautness.

实用场景例句


Keep the rope taut.
把绳子拉紧,别松开

牛津词典

Her face was taut and pale.
她神色紧张,脸色苍白。

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His body was solid and taut.
他身体结实,肌肉发达。

牛津词典

When muscles are taut or cold there is more chance of injury or strain...
肌肉绷紧或受凉时更容易损伤。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The clothes line is pulled taut and secured.
晾衣绳被拉紧并系牢。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That summer she had shed the weight gained during pregnancy, her body was trim and taut.
那年夏天,她减去了怀孕期间增加的体重,身材又变得修长而健美。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified...
本一骨碌坐了起来,表情紧张而惊恐。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.
长期焦虑带来的紧张而疲惫的神色从她脸上慢慢消失了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Eric Rochant's 'Aux yeux du monde', a taut thriller about the kidnapping of a school bus.
艾希·侯相导演的《在世人面前》——一部劫持校车的情节紧凑的惊悚片

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Occasionally he d approach, lips taut, exposing a nervous smile full of chattering teeth.
偶尔他也会走近, 双唇绷紧, 牙齿打战,露出一个紧张的微笑.

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Other parameters, If the thickness of tape, Taut power and braking torque, etc. calculations.
其他参数, 如胶带厚度 、 拉紧力及制动力矩等等的计算.

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Make your tongue taut and push it into your lower gum.
舌头绷紧,伸向下齿龈.

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This misshapen ogrelike brute has taut flesh with a claylike texture.
这只畸形的食人魔状怪物有着粘土般构成的紧崩肉体.

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Suddenly the cord became taut and he couldn't afford to break the cord.
那电线突然抽紧了,他不能冒险拉断电线.

辞典例句

He bandaged, his hands moving very fast and the bandage coming taut and sure.
他开始包扎, 他的手很快,绷带扎得又紧又稳.

辞典例句

The king's expression softened, but the line of his jaw remained taut as a bowstring.
国王的表情柔和下来, 但是他的下巴仍然紧绷着,象是弓弦.

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In this taut, subtle novel Hawthorne solves almost all his problems.
在这部紧张而又难以捉摸的小说里,霍桑几乎解决了他所有的问题.

辞典例句

The bowstring is stretched taut.
弓弦绷得很紧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Pull the line taut to prevent it from knotting up.
把线拉紧,以免打结.

辞典例句

Xiangzi sat down jerkily, his muscles taut.
祥子青筋蹦跳的坐下.

汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

Tight, taut, ripped, and strong is the scene at Muscle Beach, the famed iron pumping mecca.
结实 、 紧崩 、 块状和强健是健身海滨的景致,这里是人们向往的著名的户外拉练之地.

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She stopped and slipped aside into the shadows, every sense alert and taut.
她站在暗处不动, 满身是耳朵,满身是眼睛.

子夜部分

The old man braced himself, the line taut across his shoulders.
老人打起精神, 斜挎在肩膀上的钓丝绷得紧紧的.

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Cathleen was thin and taut.
凯瑟琳本人也很消瘦,紧张.

飘(部分)

To check that the drip lines are not taut or twisted during the embedding procedure.
检查在铺设时滴灌管没有拉得太紧或扭曲.

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