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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   tense

   • IPA[tens]

   美式

   • adj.
     (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid；(of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation
   • v.
     become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness；make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid

   • verb: tense, 3rd person present: tenses, gerund or present participle: tensing, past tense: tensed, past participle: tensed

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid she tried to relax her tense muscles 同義詞 taut, stretched tight, tight, rigid, stretched, ... 更多strained, stiff反義詞 slack, loose
   • ▪ (of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation he was tense with excitement
   • ▪ (of a situation, event, etc.) causing or showing anxiety and nervousness relations between the two neighboring states had been tense in recent years 同義詞 anxious, nervous, on edge, edgy, strained, ... 更多stressed, under a strain, under pressure, agitated, ill at ease, unrelaxed, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, fretful, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, highly strung, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, on pins and needles, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, worried, apprehensive, upset, disturbed, panicky, nervy, informalwith butterflies in one's stomach, a bundle of nerves, jittery, twitchy, in a state, uptight, wired, het up, stressed out, white-knuckled, strung up, stressy, windy, spooky, squirrelly, toey, datedoverstrung, nerve-racking, stressful, anxious, worrying, concerning, fraught, charged, strained, nail-biting, worrisome, difficult, uneasy, uncomfortable, exciting, cliffhanging, knife-edge, dramatic, volatile, explosive, informalhairy, anxious-making, white-knuckle反義詞 calm, cool, relaxed, relaxing
   • ▪ (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles stretched tight.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness her body tensed up
   • ▪ make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid carefully stretch and then tense your muscles