1. 繃緊的;拉緊的 Something that is taut is stretched very tight.
e.g. When muscles are taut or cold there is more chance of injury or strain... 肌肉繃緊或受涼時(shí)更容易損傷。 e.g. The clothes line is pulled taut and secured. 晾衣繩被拉緊并系牢。
2. 肌肉結實(shí)的;健美的 If a person or their body is taut, they are very lean with firm muscles.
e.g. That summer she had shed the weight gained during pregnancy, her body was trim and taut. 那年夏天，她減去了懷孕期間增加的體重，身材又變得修長(cháng)而健美。
3. 憂(yōu)慮的;緊張的 If someone has a taut expression, they look very worried and tense.
e.g. Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified... 本一骨碌坐了起來(lái)，表情緊張而驚恐。 e.g. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety. 長(cháng)期焦慮帶來(lái)的緊張而疲憊的神色從她臉上慢慢消失了。
4. (文章、電影等)結構嚴謹的，緊湊的 If you describe a piece of writing or a film as taut, you mean that it is good because it is exciting and has no unnecessary details.
e.g. ...Eric Rochant's 'Aux yeux du monde', a taut thriller about the kidnapping of a school bus. 艾?！ず钕鄬а莸摹对谑廊嗣媲啊贰徊拷俪中＼?chē)的情節緊湊的驚悚片
taut英英釋義
adj
1. pulled or drawn tight
e.g. taut sails a tight drumhead a tight rope
Synonym: tight
2. subjected to great tension stretched tight
e.g. the skin of his face looked drawn and tight her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow