tense的过去式

1. 紧张的，神经紧张的，神经紧绷的
2. 拉紧的，绷紧的
3. 引起紧张的
4. 尴尬的
5. 忐忑不安的
6. 肌肉绷紧的
7. 紧的

1. （使）拉紧，（使）绷紧
2. 使紧张，变得紧张
3. 用足了劲
4. 变得神经紧张，变得焦虑不安
5. 紧张，不安
6. 使紧张，使焦虑

1. 【文、语】时态，时式
2. 时间
3. 时

1.(局势、时期)令人紧张的，让人焦虑的
Atense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.

e.g. This gesture of goodwill did little to improve thetense atmosphere at the talks...
这一友好姿态基本上没有改善会谈的紧张气氛。
e.g. After three verytense weeks he phoned again...
过了紧张不安的 3 个星期，他又一次打来电话。

2.紧张的;焦虑的;无法放松的
If you aretense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.

e.g. Dart, who had at first been verytense, at last relaxed.
起初，达特非常紧张，最后终于放松了下来。

3.(肌肉)紧张的，绷紧的
If your body istense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.

tense

e.g. She lay, eyes shut, bodytense...
她躺着，双目紧闭，全身绷直。
e.g. A bath can relaxtense muscles.
洗个澡可以放松紧张的肌肉。

4.（使）（肌肉）紧张，绷紧
If your musclestense, if youtense, or if youtense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.

tense的解释

e.g. Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
纽曼的腹肌绷紧了。
e.g. He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。

5.(动词的)时，时态
Thetense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.

e.g. It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the pasttense.
科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。

相关词组：tense up

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1. 紧张的：[趣味巧记]这个单词可以用对比法记忆:看着他那浓密的(dense)大眉毛,不仅心中泛起阵阵紧张的(tense)感觉(sense),看看,一下记住三个单词,dense,tense, sense.>>

2. 紧张：所以应该没有什么安全问题,但据姐姐分析,小偷做案时心里极度紧张(tense),没被发现也就算了,一旦被人发觉,失去理智(lose sense)会挺而走险(tense-sense=t-s,transgress犯罪).

1. He read the letter with a tense anxiety.
   他紧张焦虑地看那封信。
2. The two countries began to discuss their tense relations.
   这两国开始讨论他们之间的紧张关系。

1. Is the rope tense?
   绳子拉紧了吗?
2. A mother feels tense when her baby is ill.
   母亲在小孩生病时会感到紧张。

1. 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。
2. We were tense with expectancy.
   我们因期待而神经紧张起来。

• The tenses of the English verb are made partly by inflection.

  出自：C. P. Mason

• You are..jealous, in all the tenses and moods of that amiable passion?

  出自：fig.

• Every muscle as tense as those of the tiger waiting for his leap.

  出自：A. W. Tourgee

• His brows were tense with..irritation.

  出自：D. H. Lawrence

• ☆ 1670年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的tensus，意为拉伸。