tighten
英['taɪt(ə)n]
美['taɪtn]
- vt. 变紧；使变紧
- vi. 绷紧；变紧
实用场景例句
- The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke.
- 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
牛津词典
- His mouth tightened into a thin line.
- 他的嘴抿成了一道细缝。
牛津词典
- to tighten a lid/screw/rope/knot
- 拧紧盖子 / 螺钉；绷紧绳子；打紧结
牛津词典
- The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.
- 螺母没拧紧，轮子脱落了。
牛津词典
- She tightened her grip on his arm.
- 她抓他的手臂抓得更紧了。
牛津词典
- to tighten security
- 加强安全措施
牛津词典
- Laws on gambling have tightened up recently.
- 有关赌博的法律最近变得更加严厉。
牛津词典
- The police are tightening up on under-age drinking.
- 警方正在采取更加严厉的措施对付未成年人饮酒的问题。
牛津词典
- Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...
- 卢克的回应就是把她的肩头抓得更紧了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...
- 她充满感激，把他的脖子搂得更紧了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope...
- 那个压阵队员使尽了全身力气往后拽，把绳子拉得紧紧的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
- 缆绳绷紧了，他被慢慢地吊离了甲板。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government...
- 他清楚有相当多的人支持他对中央政府机构加强控制的计划。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south.
- 随着后来几年那个政权加强对大陆的控制，又有数十万人逃往南方。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp...
- 我用拇指指甲把台灯上的螺钉拧紧了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- All the bolts were fully tightened.
- 所有的螺钉都拧紧了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak...
- 索菲娅喉咙哽住了，说不出话来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She saw his jaw tighten and his face lose its colour.
- 她看见他的下巴绷紧，脸色煞白。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place...
- 美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They have tightened security along the border...
- 他们加强了边境的安全工作。
柯林斯高阶英语词典