tighten
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['taɪtn'taɪt(ə)n]
- 美式音标 [ˈtaɪ.tən]
- 国际音标 ['taitən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.使紧；勒紧；固定
- vi.变紧
词根记忆
- tight(紧的) + en(使…)→(使)变紧
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- tight：紧的；密封的；绷紧的；麻烦的；严厉的；没空的；吝啬的。
- adv性质的同根词
- tight：紧紧地；彻底地。
- tightly：紧紧地；坚固地。
- n性质的同根词
- tightness：紧密，坚固。
英汉例句
- An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。 - I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.
我用拇指指甲把台灯上的螺钉拧紧了。 - Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.
到本周为止，一切旨在严格执法的努力都失败了。 - The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。 - He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government.
他清楚有相当多的人支持他对中央政府机构加强控制的计划。
词组短语
- Tighten Belts 勒紧裤腰带
- tighten belt 节省开支
- Tighten bolts 拧紧螺栓
- tighten n 使变紧
- Then Tighten 然后紧固
短语
英英字典
- to become tighter or to make something become tighter, firmer, or less easy to move
- If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely.
- If you tighten a rope or chain, or if it tightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight.
- If a government or organization tightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip tightens, it begins to have more control over it.
- When you tighten a screw, nut, or other device, you turn it or move it so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly.
- Tighten up means the same as . ( )(tighten)
- If a part of your body tightens, the muscles in it become tense and stiff, for example, because you are angry or afraid.
- If someone in authority tightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient.
- Tighten up means the same as .
- to tighten your belt&rarrsee belt