tauten

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tauten

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++taut·en /ˈtɔːtn $ ˈtɒːtn/ verb [intransitive, transitive] TIGHTto make something stretch tight, or to become stretched tight （使）拉紧，（使）绷紧→ See Verb table

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tauten• Ben saw Rosten's body tauten like a compressed coil.

taut·en verbChineseSyllable

tight, to something or Corpus to stretch make

tauten
taut‧en /ˈtɔːtn $ ˈtɒːtn/

verb [intransitive and transitive]
to make something stretch tight, or to become stretched tight

taut·en

BrE

/ˈtɔːtn/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtn/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

tauten

BrE

/ˈtɔːtn/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtn/

present simple - he / she / it

tautens

BrE

/ˈtɔːtnz/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtnz/

past simple

tautened

BrE

/ˈtɔːtnd/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtnd/

past participle

tautened

BrE

/ˈtɔːtnd/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtnd/

-ing form

tautening

BrE

/ˈtɔːtnɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈtɔːtnɪŋ/

[intransitive

, transitive]

~ (sth)

to become

; to make sth

（使）拉紧，绷紧