taut
/tɔːt/adjective
1- stretched or pulled tight; not slack拉紧的, 不松弛的：
the fabric stays taut without adhesive.
不用黏合剂布料也能保持紧绷。
1.1
- (especially of muscles or nerves) tense; not relaxed（尤指肌肉、神经）紧张的。
1.2
- figurative (of writing, music, etc.) concise and controlled〈喻〉（文学作品, 音乐等）紧凑的：
a taut text of only a hundred and twenty pages.
一本结构紧凑只有120页的课本。
1.3
- (of a ship) having a disciplined and efficient crew（船）拥有守纪且高效船员队伍的。
派生词
tauten
verbtautly
adverbtautness
noun词源
Middle English tought 'distended'， perhaps originally a variant of TOUGH.