| 单词 | tauten |
| 释义 | tauten, v.|ˈtɔːt(ə)n|
Also 9 taughten.
[f. taut a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make taut, or to cause to become taut; to tighten.
a1814C. Dibdin Song, Sailor's Jrnl., While taught'ning the forestay, I saw her faint. 1880Clark Russell Sailor's Sweetheart III. ii. 57 The warp sang out as we tautened the bight of it. 1886Sheldon tr. Flaubert's Salammbo xiii. 310 [Catapults] were tautened with levers, pulleys, capstans, or drums. 1903L. Becke in Pall Mall G. 28 Mar. 2/2 In another moment or two your line is tautened out.
2. intr. To become taut, as a rope under tension.
1849Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 732 The dip of the hawser scarce tautening at each strain. 1879Beerbohm Patagonia v. 66 The shock, as the lasso tautened, threw his horse on its haunches. 1896Strand Mag. XII. 350/2 The life-line tautened, and I was soon lifted from my feet.
Hence ˈtautened ppl. a. (also fig.); ˈtautening vbl. n.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxiii, Our ship being very good upon a tautened bowline. 1879Man. Artill. Exerc. 633 Wedges, oak, small..20 Tautening lashings. 1906E. K. Robinson Relig. Nat. 28 The sudden tautening of the muscles. 1929E. Carfrae Guarded Heights xxiii. 202 Carey's voice had a queer little tautened note when he spoke again. |
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