taut
adjective/tɔːt/
/tɔːt/
- stretched tightly
拉紧的；绷紧的 - taut violin strings
拉紧的小提琴弦 - Keep the rope taut.
把绳子拉紧，别松开。 - His skin was stretched taut across his cheekbones.
他颧骨处的皮肤绷紧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
- taut violin strings
- showing that you are anxious or tense
显得焦虑的（或紧张的） - a voice taut with anger
气得发紧的声音 - Her face was taut and pale.
她神色紧张，脸色苍白。 - Her body went as taut as a bowstring.
她的身体紧张得像绷紧的弓弦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- with
- a voice taut with anger
- (of a person or their body) with hard muscles; not fat
肌肉结实的；不虚胖的 - His body was solid and taut.
他身体结实，肌肉发达。
- His body was solid and taut.
- (of a piece of writing, etc.) carefully written with no unnecessary parts in it
结构严谨的；紧凑的 - a taut thriller
故事紧凑的惊悚小说 - the writer’s taut prose
作者的散文紧凑
- a taut thriller
Word OriginMiddle English tought ‘distended’, perhaps originally a variant of tough.