tense 音标拼音: [t'ɛns]
a . 紧张的,拉紧的
vt .
vi . (使)紧张,(使)拉紧
n . 时态
紧张的,拉紧的(使)紧张,(使)拉紧时态
tense 时态
tense adj 1 :
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension [
ant :
{
relaxed }]
2 :
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (
e .
g .,
the vowel sound in `
beat ') [
ant : {
lax }]
3 :
taut or rigid ;
stretched tight ; "
tense piano strings " [
ant :
{
lax }]
n 1 :
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time v 1 :
become stretched or tense or taut ; "
the bodybuilder '
s neck muscles tensed ;" "
the rope strained when the weight was attached " [
synonym : {
strain }, {
tense }]
2 :
increase the tension on ; "
alternately relax and tense your calf muscle "; "
tense the rope manually before tensing the spring "
3 :
become tense ,
nervous ,
or uneasy ; "
He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room " [
synonym : {
tense }, {
tense up }] [
ant :
{
decompress }, {
loosen up }, {
relax }, {
slow down }, {
unbend },
{
unwind }]
4 :
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious ; "
he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up " [
synonym : {
tense },
{
strain }, {
tense up }] [
ant : {
loosen up }, {
make relaxed },
{
relax }, {
unlax }, {
unstrain }, {
unwind }]
Tense \
Tense \,
n . [
OF .
tens ,
properly ,
time ,
F .
temps time ,
tense .
See {
Temporal }
of time ,
and cf . {
Thing }.] (
Gram .)
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words ,
so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified ;
the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The primary simple tenses are three :
those which express time past ,
present ,
and future ;
but these admit of modifications ,
which differ in different languages .
[
1913 Webster ]
Tense \
Tense \,
a . [
L .
tensus ,
p .
p .
of tendere to stretch .
See {
Tend }
to move ,
and cf . {
Toise }.]
Stretched tightly ;
strained to stiffness ;
rigid ;
not lax ;
as ,
a tense fiber .
[
1913 Webster ]
The temples were sunk ,
her forehead was tense ,
and a fatal paleness was upon her . --
Goldsmith .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Tense "
ly },
adv . -- {
Tense "
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
276 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tense ":
accented ,
agitated ,
all -
overish ,
alveolar ,
antsy ,
anxious ,
anxioused up ,
aorist ,
apical ,
apico -
alveolar ,
apico -
dental ,
apprehensive ,
articulated ,
assimilated ,
back ,
barytone ,
bilabial ,
bothered ,
brace ,
broad ,
cacuminal ,
central ,
cerebral ,
checked ,
chill ,
chilly ,
chronology ,
close ,
cold ,
concerned ,
consonant ,
consonantal ,
continuant ,
continue ,
continuity ,
cool ,
dental ,
disaccordant ,
disquieted ,
disquieting ,
dissimilated ,
distressed ,
distressing ,
disturbed ,
disturbing ,
dorsal ,
drag out ,
dragged out ,
draw ,
draw out ,
drawn ,
drawn out ,
duration ,
durative ,
duree ,
edgy ,
elongate ,
elongated ,
extend ,
extended ,
fearful ,
fidgety ,
firm ,
flat ,
fluttery ,
foreboding ,
fraught ,
front ,
frosty ,
fussy ,
future ,
future perfect ,
glide ,
glossal ,
glottal ,
guttural ,
hard ,
haul ,
heave ,
heavy ,
high ,
high -
strung ,
historical present ,
icy ,
imperfect ,
in a pucker ,
in a stew ,
in suspense ,
incompatible ,
inhospitable ,
inimical ,
intense ,
intonated ,
jittery ,
jumpy ,
keyed up ,
keyed -
up ,
labial ,
labiodental ,
labiovelar ,
lastingness ,
lateral ,
lax ,
lengthen ,
lengthen out ,
lengthened ,
let out ,
light ,
lingual ,
liquid ,
low ,
mid ,
misgiving ,
monophthongal ,
muted ,
narrow ,
nasal ,
nasalized ,
nerve -
racking ,
nervous ,
nervy ,
occlusive ,
on edge ,
on tenterhooks ,
on tiptoe ,
open ,
overanxious ,
overapprehensive ,
overexert ,
overextend ,
overstrain ,
overtax ,
overwrought ,
oxytone ,
palatal ,
palatalized ,
past ,
past perfect ,
perfect ,
period ,
perturbed ,
pharyngeal ,
pharyngealized ,
phonemic ,
phonetic ,
phonic ,
pitch ,
pitched ,
pluperfect ,
point tense ,
pokerlike ,
posttonic ,
present ,
present perfect ,
press ,
preterit ,
produce ,
progressive tense ,
prolong ,
prolongate ,
prolongated ,
prolonged ,
protract ,
protracted ,
psychological time ,
pull ,
pulled ,
queasy ,
quivering ,
rack ,
ramrodlike ,
reinforce ,
renitent ,
restive ,
restless ,
retroflex ,
rigid ,
rigidify ,
rodlike ,
rounded ,
rusty ,
screw up ,
semivowel ,
shore up ,
soft ,
solicitous ,
sonant ,
space ,
space -
time ,
spin out ,
spun out ,
starched ,
starchy ,
stiff ,
stiff as buckram ,
stiffen ,
stopped ,
straggling ,
strain ,
strain every nerve ,
strained ,
strengthen ,
stress ,
stressed ,
stressful ,
stretch ,
stretch out ,
stretched ,
stretched out ,
stretched tight ,
string out ,
strong ,
strung out ,
surd ,
suspenseful ,
sweat blood ,
syllabic ,
taut ,
tauten ,
tax ,
tension ,
term ,
the future ,
the past ,
the present ,
thick ,
throaty ,
tide ,
tight ,
tighten ,
time ,
timebinding ,
tonal ,
tonic ,
trice up ,
troubled ,
tug ,
twangy ,
unaccented ,
unamiable ,
unamicable ,
uncordial ,
under a strain ,
uneasy ,
unfriendly ,
ungenial ,
unharmonious ,
unquiet ,
unrelaxed ,
unrestful ,
unrounded ,
unsettled ,
unsociable ,
unstressed ,
upset ,
uptight ,
velar ,
virgate ,
vocalic ,
vocoid ,
voiced ,
voiceless ,
vowel ,
vowellike ,
weak ,
while ,
wide ,
with bated breath ,
with muscles tense ,
worked up ,
worried ,
worrisome ,
worrying ,
wound up ,
wrought up ,
zealous
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