Tense

(noun.) a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.

(verb.) cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; 'he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up'.

(verb.) become tense, nervous, or uneasy; 'He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room'.

(verb.) increase the tension on; 'alternately relax and tense your calf muscle'; 'tense the rope manually before tensing the spring'.

(adj.) taut or rigid; stretched tight; 'tense piano strings' .

(adj.) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') .

(adj.) in or of a state of physical or nervous tension .

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• He saw vividly with his spirit the grey, forward-stretching face of the negro woman, African and tense, abstracted in utter physical stress. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You found---- Holmes's face grew tense with anxiety. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• We are in the present tense, now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• With tense nerves he sat leaning forward in his chair, but suddenly he relaxed and dropped back, smiling. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• After I ceased there was tense silence, as all eyes were riveted upon Tal Hajus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.

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