Tighten
['taɪt(ə)n] or ['taɪtn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) become tight or tighter; 'The rope tightened'.
(verb.) make tight or tighter; 'Tighten the wire'.
康斯坦丁校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
錄入:奥维尔
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Make tight.
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例句/造句/用法:
- And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Robert Jordan felt Maria's hand on his arm and felt her fingers tighten with delight. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Ropes were then put about the neck, with a slipnoose which would tighten around the throat if pulled. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Gudrun saw Gerald's body tighten, saw a sharp blindness come into his eyes. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Suppose that while one were bearing on pretty hard with a well-tightened string, in order to bring fire quickly, the point of the spindle should slip from its block. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Now you have tightened your garters, the gypsy said approvingly. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- She stopped for a moment, her arms tightened over her bosom, and she laughed to herself--a hard, harsh, angry laugh. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Then his finger tightened on the trigger. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Wemmick tightened his post-office and shook his head, as if his opinion were dead against any fatal weakness of that sort. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Her cheek grew burning hot against my neck, and her arms trembled and tightened round me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I turned on the instant, with my fingers tightening round the handle of my stick. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She stood up also, her lips tightening under a rapid frown. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Rouse the _Teniente-Coronel_, I say, Gomez said and Andreu Nin saw his mouth tightening. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In the construction of long wire fences provision must be made for tightening the wire in summer, otherwise great sagging would occur. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The lever which threw the former friction gear into adjustment was made to operate an idler pulley for tightening the axle-belt. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I felt Miss Halcombe's hand again, tightening its hold on my arm--I raised my head and looked at her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- They say it winds round the lungs, and tightens them up. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
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