tighten
/ˈtaɪ.tən/ 动词 B1中文: 拧紧、收紧、紧缩
- To make tighter. · Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
- To become tighter. · That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
- To make money harder to borrow or obtain. · If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- 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
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.
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.
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