tense

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adj性質的同根詞
tensed：緊的；緊張的。
tensional：張力的；緊張的。
adv性質的同根詞
tensely：緊張地；拉緊地。
n性質的同根詞
tension：張力，拉力；緊張，不安；電壓。
tensor：[數]張量；[解剖]張肌。
tenseness：緊張；繃緊。
tensity：緊張度，緊張。
v性質的同根詞
tensed：拉緊；變爲緊張（tense的過去分詞）。
vt性質的同根詞
tension：使緊張；使拉緊。

I cannot play the piano like I used to—my fingers have gone tense from lack of practice.
我不能像過去那樣彈鋼琴了——我的手指因缺乏練習變得生硬了。

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.

時
It also tries to seek rhetorical use of non-past tense from literary level.
試圖從文學語句這一層次來探求非過去時的脩辤作用。
(元音)緊的；舌肌緊張的(指某些元音，如he中的e)(lax之對)
時態