tauten
/tawt-n/US // ˈtɔt n //UK // (ˈtɔːtən) //
绷带,绷紧,绷带式,绷紧神经
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Definitions
- 1
- : to make or become taut.
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Examples
He leaped backward like an acrobat, as he saw the mighty muscles tauten for action, and so escaped being felled by the blow.
We gave the Skippers voice time to reach the wheelhouse, and then saw the wake visibly tauten out.
A moment more and the lines tauten: 'Mackerel it is, by Jingo!'
Around the girl he drew his right arm; she felt his muscles tauten as he clasped her to him.
Various methods were tried in the early days to tauten and strengthen the fabric.
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