Tight

[taɪt]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; 'tight money'; 'a tight market' .

(adj.) packed closely together; 'they stood in a tight little group'; 'hair in tight curls'; 'the pub was packed tight' .

(adj.) of such close construction as to be impermeable; 'a tight roof'; 'warm in our tight little house' .

(adj.) closely constrained or constricted or constricting; 'tight skirts'; 'he hated tight starched collars'; 'fingers closed in a tight fist'; 'a tight feeling in his chest' .

(adj.) securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; 'the bolts are tight' .

(adj.) set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; 'in tight formation'; 'a tight blockade' .

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解釋/意思:

(-) of Tie

(-) p. p. of Tie.

(superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

(superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

(superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

(superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

(superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

(superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

(superl.) Handy; adroit; brisk.

(superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

(superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

(v. t.) To tighten.

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同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Close, fast, not open, not leaky.[2]. Close-fitting, not loose.[3]. Tense, stretched, taught, not slack.[4]. [Colloquial.] Fuddled, boozy, disguised, drunk, maudlin, mellow, in liquor, SLEWED, GROGGY, high, in one's cups, HALF SEAS OVER, somewhat intoxicated, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.[5]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Stringent (as the money market).[6]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Parsimonious, stingy, penurious, hard, close-fisted.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Firm, compact, fast, close, tidy, neat, smart, natty, tense, stretched

ANT:Loose, incompact, open, flowing, loose-fitting, large, untidy, lax, relaxed

整理:萨莎

解釋/意思:

adj. close: compact: rigid: hampered from want of money: snug trim: not leaky: fitting closely also too closely: scarce not easily obtainable: (coll.) unwilling to part with money: tipsy: not loose or free in treatment.—v.t. Tight′en to make tight or tighter: to straiten.—v.i. to grow tight or tighter.—n. Tight′ener one who or that which tightens: (anat.) a tensor: (slang) a heavy meal.—adv. Tight′ly.—ns. Tight′ness; Tight′rope a tightly-stretched rope on which rope-dancers perform.—n.pl. Tights a garment often of silk closely fitting the body or at least the legs worn by acrobats dancers &c.

pa.t. and pa.p. of tie.

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