tense
UKtens
UStens
معنی فارسی
زمان
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English tens, from Old French tens, from Latin tempus.
مثال
- The rope was very tense.
- He was feeling tense about the meeting.
- The verb 'run' is in the past tense.
ترکیبهای رایج
Tense situation Tense atmosphere Tense muscles Past tense, Present tense, Future tense
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- become stretched or tense or taut “the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed; " "the rope strained when the weight was attached” “Something ----s”
- increase the tension on “alternately relax and tense your calf muscle” “tense the rope manually before tensing the spring” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy “He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room” “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s” “Somebody's (body part) ----s”
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious “he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up” “Cause: tense up” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s somebodyIII”
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
- taut or rigid; stretched tight “tense piano strings”
مترادفها
adjective
Tight, stretched, strained, rigid, taught.