• adj. 拉緊的；緊張的；整潔的
• vt. 使糾纏；使纏結(jié)
• n. (Taut)人名；(德)陶特

來(lái)自中古英語(yǔ) tought,拉緊的，可能來(lái)自 tough 變體。

taut (adj.)

mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie. Related: Tautness.

1. Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified.

本一骨碌坐了起來(lái)，表情緊張而驚恐。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.

她開(kāi)始聽(tīng)見(jiàn)自己急促、微弱的呼吸。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.

長(zhǎng)期焦慮帶來(lái)的緊張而疲憊的神色從她臉上慢慢消失了。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Keep the rope taut.

把繩子拉緊，別松開(kāi)

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. The skin of the drum is taut.

鼓皮繃得很緊.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》