taut

Word family

1 TIGHTstretched tight 拉緊的，繃緊的 OPP slack

The rope was stretched taut.

繩子繃緊了。

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2 WORRIEDshowing signs of worry, anger etc and not relaxed 憂慮的；緊張不安的 SYN tense

a taut smile

憂慮的笑容

Catherine looked upset, her face taut.

凱瑟琳顯得心緒不甯，臉色緊張。

3 having firm muscles 肌肉結實的

her taut brown body

她那黝黑結實的身體

4 a taut book, film, or play is exciting and does not have any unnecessary parts 〔書、電影、戲劇〕結構嚴謹的，緊湊的

a taut thriller

情節緊湊的驚悚小說

Examples from the Corpus

taut• The skin of his face felt dry and taut.• I liked him instantly, especially as he was a fitness fanatic and his body was solid and taut.• The muscles in his neck were taut and prominent.• The backs of his thighs were bulging, his hamstrings taut as guy wires.• A single strand of taut barbed wire was strung along the top of the garden wall.• He asked a student to hold a rubber band taut between her hands.• The taut dialogue raises a squirming smorgasbord of questions about the potential for bedlam when our profound individual differences are ignored.• Just for a moment she remained very still, her senses taut, enjoying the light caress of his fingers.• Within a fortnight, Kate was white and taut from lack of sleep and anxiety, but Toby was blooming.• He massaged the taut muscles of her neck.• taut stomach muscles• His new film is a taut suspenseful thriller.

Origin taut

(1200-1300) Perhaps from tough

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