taut

美[tɔːt] 英[tɔːt]

adj. 拉紧的；绷紧的；紧张的；整洁的

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

近义词：tight，tense，rigid，stiff，firm，unrelaxed，stretched，extended，strained，inflexible，worried，nervous，anxious，stressed，wired，strungout，edgy，onedge，

Adjective

pulled or drawn tight;
"taut sails" "a tight drumhead" "a tight rope"
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"

用作形容词(adj.)

If a bow-string is too taut, it will snap.拉得太紧，弓弦就会断。
The lovely mouth was taut with irony.漂亮的嘴讥讽地绷紧着。
He had a taut expression on his face, apparently very angry.他脸紧绷绷的，像很生气的样子。
As she rubbed those taut muscles, she hummed and prayed.她一边蹭着紧张的肌肉，一边嘟嘟囔囔地祈祷着。
He waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon.他挥臂指向笔直的地平线。

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