stretched tightly 拉緊的;繃緊的 taut violin strings 繃緊的小提琴弦 Keep the rope taut. 把繩子拉緊,别鬆開。 His skin was stretched taut across his cheekbones. 他的皮膚緊繃在顴骨上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
showing that you are anxious or tense 顯得緊張的(或焦慮的、不安的等) a voice taut with anger 氣得發緊的聲音 Her face was taut and pale. 她神色緊張,臉色蒼白。 Her body went as taut as a bowstring. 她的身體緊張得像繃緊的弓弦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
(of a person or their body )人或人體 with hard muscles; not fat 肌肉結實的;不虛胖的 (of a piece of writing, etc. )文章等 carefully written with no unnecessary parts in it 結構嚴謹的;緊湊的 a taut thriller 故事緊湊的驚悚小說 the writer’s taut prose 這位作家簡潔的散文
Word OriginMiddle English tought ‘distended’, perhaps originally a variant of tough.