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tighten

/ˈtaɪ.tən/ 动词 B1

中文: 拧紧、收紧、紧缩

  1. To make tighter. (transitive) · Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
  2. To become tighter. (intransitive) · That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
  3. To make money harder to borrow or obtain. · If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
  4. To raise short-term interest rates. · The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.

He/she/it tightens · 过去式 tightened · 过去分词 tightened · -ing形式 tightening

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动词形式

原形
tighten
He/she/it
tightens
过去式
tightened
过去分词
tightened
-ing形式
tightening

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Then his finger tightened on the trigger.
《The Return of Sherlock Holmes》,第23页 · C1
On these his eager, questioning eyes were fixed, and I saw on his keen, alert face that tightening of the lips, that quiver of the nostrils, and concentration of the heavy, tufted brows which I knew so well.
《Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans》,第14页 · B2

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