| 词汇 | tenseness |
| 释义 | tenseness noun[ U ] uk /ˈtens.nəs/ us /ˈtens.nəs/ tensenessnoun[U] (WORRY)the quality of being worried or nervous: 担忧;紧张 There was an underlying tenseness in his manner. 他的态度里有一种潜在的紧张感。 the quality of making people feel worried or nervous: 紧张|担忧 the tenseness of life during the war战时生活的紧张 A tenseness gripped Lisbon as people waited to see what would happen. He feels tenseness and may think that it is difficult to cure this so-called 'simple' problem. There was a fair degree joking in order to take the tenseness out of the situation. A massage takes the tenseness of the day away. Anxiety and worry - general words agita agitation angst anti-stress apprehension break out in a cold sweat fluster heebie-jeebies jitters nerve nervousness oppression panic attack strain tension tizzy to someone's consternation trepidation uneasiness willie You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing anxiety and worry tensenessnoun[U] (STRETCHED MUSCLES)a state in which the muscles in your body or in a part of your body are stretched tight and stiff: 紧张 Nina could see by the tenseness of his neck that he was worried. 尼娜从他紧绷的脖子看出了他的担心。 He could feel the tenseness of her fingers, as if she was clutching at crystal straws. She could tell from the tenseness in his body that there were moments when he had to fight his feelings. Permanent tenseness had withered her neck slightly. Suddenly she released all the tenseness from her muscles and he relaxed his hold slightly. I was conscious of an aching tenseness in all my muscles. Tight and tightening astringency chokehold close-fitting fast inelasticity retighten skinny stiffen strain straitly super-tight tauten tautly tense tight tight-fitting tighten tighten something up tightly tightness tensenessnoun[U] (PHONETICS)phonetics specialized the quality of being made with more force than other speech sounds: 紧张音 errors of tenseness and phonetic length紧张音和音长的错误 See tense Kloeke actually argues that the term 'final consonant devoicing' is inaccurate because the feature in question is tenseness, rather than voice. It is not implausible to think that children may begin by commanding one feature before the other, that is, tenseness before length, length before tenseness. In the phonetic transcription, we code separately errors of tenseness and phonetic length. Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong homonym intrusive labial labialize labiodental postalveolar postconsonantal retroflex retroflexion rhotic the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable Examples of tensenesstenseness The warmth and intimacy of her gesture is utterly inconsistent with the publicness and tenseness of the social context in which it occurs. The rowdy boys scarcely moved; the whole audience seemed bound by a mutual sympathy and interest which charged the air with emotional tenseness. In the phonetic transcription, we code separately errors of tenseness and phonetic length. There appear to be two alternative ways of expressing long-short contrasts among low vowels in the absence of a tenseness specification. Figure 5 summarises the vowel-insertion pattern in different contexts, cross-classified in terms of the tenseness of the pre-final vowel and the voicing and place of articulation of the final stops. Some of us had to bear that burden for five years; he has borne it at the same tenseness for ten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not tenseness and self-imposed misery that enabled us to win the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall be dealing with millions of votes, with tens of thousands in many individual constituencies, and there is great pressure and tenseness on the night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tenseness is a phonemic feature in syllables with unaspirated initials. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, this familiarity subsides almost as quickly as the tenseness of the opening, giving way to a dramatic brass melody. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One feature or the other may be considered redundant, and some phonemic analyses prefer to treat it as an opposition of tenseness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vowels are also categorized by the tenseness or laxness of the tongue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Birds affected by strychnine poisoning exhibit wing droop, salivation, tremors, muscle tenseness and convulsions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is correspondence between tones in tonal dialects and tenseness in non-tonal dialects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because voice is not involved, this is explained as a contrast in tenseness, called a fortis and lenis contrast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of tenseness These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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