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ADJ-GRADED
(局勢(shì)、時(shí)期)令人緊張的，讓人焦慮的
A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
例句
This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...
這一友好姿態(tài)基本上沒(méi)有改善會(huì)談的緊張氣氛。
After three very tense weeks he phoned again...
過(guò)了緊張不安的 3 個(gè)星期，他又一次打來(lái)電話。
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ADJ-GRADED
緊張的;焦慮的;無(wú)法放松的
If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
例句
Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
起初，達(dá)特非常緊張，最后終于放松了下來(lái)。
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ADJ-GRADED
(肌肉)緊張的，繃緊的
If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
例句
She lay, eyes shut, body tense...
她躺著，雙目緊閉，全身繃直。
A bath can relax tense muscles.
洗個(gè)澡可以放松緊張的肌肉。
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V-ERG
（使）（肌肉）緊張，繃緊
If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.
例句
Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
紐曼的腹肌繃緊了。
He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
那個(gè)大塊頭西印度群島土著人抓住他的肩膀時(shí)，他渾身緊張起來(lái)。
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N-COUNT
(動(dòng)詞的)時(shí)，時(shí)態(tài)
The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
例句
It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
科琳娜好像已經(jīng)去世了：他們談?wù)撍龝r(shí)用的是過(guò)去時(shí)。