• adj. 拉緊的；緊張的；整潔的
• vt. 使糾纏；使纏結
• n. (Taut)人名；(德)陶特

來自中古英語 tought,拉緊的，可能來自 tough 變體。

taut (adj.)

mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie. Related: Tautness.

1. Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified.

本一骨碌坐了起來，表情緊張而驚恐。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.

她開始聽見自己急促、微弱的呼吸。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.

長期焦慮帶來的緊張而疲憊的神色從她臉上慢慢消失了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Keep the rope taut.

把繩子拉緊，別松開

來自《權威詞典》

5. The skin of the drum is taut.

鼓皮繃得很緊.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》