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taut

adjective
🔊/tɔːt/
🔊/tɔːt/
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  1. stretched tightly拉紧的；绷紧的
    • taut violin strings拉紧的小提琴弦
    • Keep the rope taut.把绳子拉紧，别松开。🔊🔊
    • His skin was stretched taut across his cheekbones.他的皮肤被拉紧在他的脸颊上。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    preposition
    • with
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  2. showing that you are anxious or tense显得紧张的（或焦虑的、不安的等）
    • a voice taut with anger气得发紧的声音
    • Her face was taut and pale.她神色紧张，脸色苍白。🔊🔊
    • Her body went as taut as a bowstring.她的身体紧张得像绷紧的弓弦。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    preposition
    • with
    See full entry
  3. (of a person or their body人或人体) with hard muscles; not fat肌肉结实的；不虚胖的
    • His body was solid and taut.他身体结实，肌肉发达。🔊🔊
  4. (of a piece of writing, etc.文章等) carefully written with no unnecessary parts in it结构严谨的；紧凑的
    • a taut thriller故事紧凑的惊悚小说
    • the writer’s taut prose作者拉紧的散文
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    5. Word OriginMiddle English tought ‘distended’, perhaps originally a variant of tough.