tense
音标发音
- 英式音标 [tens]
- 美式音标 [tɛns]
- 国际音标 [tens]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 紧张的;拉紧的
- vt. 变得紧张;使拉紧
- vi. 拉紧,变得紧张
- n. 时态
词源解说
- 1670年进入英语,直接源自古典拉丁语的tensus,意为拉伸。
词根记忆
- “弹死”→因为拉紧而没有弹性了→拉紧的
- tens(张开) + e→伸长的→拉紧的
- “弹死”→没有弹性了→因为拉得太紧→拉紧的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- tensed:紧的;紧张的。
- tensional:张力的;紧张的。
- adv性质的同根词
- tensely:紧张地;拉紧地。
- n性质的同根词
- tension:张力,拉力;紧张,不安;电压。
- tensor:[数]张量;[解剖]张肌。
- tenseness:紧张;绷紧。
- tensity:紧张度,紧张。
- v性质的同根词
- tensed:拉紧;变为紧张(tense的过去分词)。
- vt性质的同根词
- tension:使紧张;使拉紧。
英汉例句
- He read the letter with a tense anxiety.
他紧张焦虑地看那封信。 - Is the rope tense?
绳子拉紧了吗? - I cannot play the piano like I used to—my fingers have gone tense from lack of practice.
我不能像过去那样弹钢琴了——我的手指因缺乏练习变得生硬了。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
英英字典
- any of the forms of a verb which show the time at which an action happened
- (NERVOUS) nervous and worried and unable to relax
- (STRETCHED) (of your body or part of the body) stretched tight and stiff
- (of a speech sound) made with more force than other speech sounds
- If you or your muscles tense, your muscles become stiff and tight because you are frightened or nervous, or are preparing yourself to do something.
- A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
- If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
- If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
- If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.
- Tense up means the same as .
- The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
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专业释义
- 时
It also tries to seek rhetorical use of non-past tense from literary level.
试图从文学语句这一层次来探求非过去时的修辞作用。 - (元音)紧的;舌肌紧张的(指某些元音,如he中的e)(lax之对)
- 时态
- 拉紧的
- 紧张的
- 时态