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B1any of theformsof averbwhich show thetimeat which anactionhappened: （动词的）时态 "Ising" is in thepresenttense and "Isang" is in thepasttense.I sing是现在式，I sang是过去式。 - How do you say that in thefuturetense?
- Add -ed to all theseverbsto put them in the past tense.
- Which tenses do youknowalready?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLinguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs - accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person
See more results » GrammarTypes of nouns A noun refers to a person, animal or thing. Some examples are:… tenseadjective(NERVOUS)B2nervousandworriedandunabletorelax: 紧张的，焦虑的 She was very tense as shewaitedfor theinterview.在等待面试时她非常紧张。 B2If asituationis tense, itcausesfeelingsofworryornervousness: （局势）令人紧张的 There were some tensemomentsin the secondhalfof thegame.比赛的下半场有几次紧张的局面。 - Thisattackwillexacerbatethe already tenserelationsbetween the twocommunities.
- Theweeksfollowingtheriotswereextremelytense.
- For a few tenseminutes, theastronautslostradiocontactwithmissioncontrol.
- Hendrywontheworldsnookertitleafter a tense 35-framefinal.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAnxious and worried - (all) hot and botheredidiom
- -racked
- aflutter
- agitated
- angsty
- anxious
- fretfully
- frightened
- fuss
- get in a sweatidiom
- grim
- prey on sb's mindidiom
- queasily
- queasiness
- rattled
- strung out
- worriedly
- worrier
- worrywart
- wound up
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing anxiety and worry tenseadjective(STRETCHED)(ofyourbodyorpartof thebody)stretchedtightandstiff （身体或肌肉）僵直的，绷紧的SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesHard and firm - (as) stiff/straight as a ramrodidiom
- adamantine
- cast iron
- congealed
- crisp
- crisply
- erect
- firmness
- fossilized
- harden
- hardening
- hardness
- horny
- rigid
- rigidity
- rock-hard
- rock-solid
- solidly
- stiff
- stiffly
See more results » phoneticsspecialized(of aspeechsound) made with moreforcethan otherspeechsounds （语音）紧的；紧张音的 Comparelaxadjective(WITHOUT FORCE)specialized SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLinguistics: phonology & phonetics - alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- assonance
- guttural
- homonym
- laterally
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- phonology
- segmental
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
See more results » If you oryourmusclestense,yourmusclesbecomestiffandtightbecause you arefrightenedornervous, or arepreparingyourself to do something: （使）（身体或肌肉）绷紧，（使）变得僵直Don't tenseyourshoulders, justrelax.别缩紧肩膀，放松点。 I couldfeelmyself tense up as hetouchedmyneck.他摸我脖子时，我能感觉到自己的身体绷紧了。 tensed up verynervousandworriedandunabletorelaxbecause of something that is going tohappen: 紧张的，焦虑的Youseemall tensed up. Are you stillwaitingfor thatcall?你好像很紧张。你还在等那个电话吗？ SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTight and tightening - astringency
- chokehold
- close-fitting
- fast
- inelasticity
- retighten
- skinny
- stiffen
- strain
- super-tight
- tauten
- tautly
- tautness
- tight
- tight-fitting
- tighten
- tightensomethingup
- tightly
- tightness
- up
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: GrammarTypes of nouns A noun refers to a person, animal or thing. Some examples are:… tense| American Dictionarytenseadjective(NERVOUS)anxious,unabletorelax, orcausinganxiety: She was very tense as shewaitedfor theinterview. Thefamilywasfacedwith a tensefinancialsituation. If asituationis tense, itcausesfeelingsofworryoranxiety. tenseadjective(STIFF)Relax! Why are you so tense? tensenoun[C](VERB FORM)grammarany of theformsof averbwhich show thetimeat which anactionhappened: "Ising" is in thepresenttense andshowsactionhappeningnow, and "I willsing" is in thefuturetense,showingactionthat willhappenlater. tenseverb[I/T](MAKE STIFF)to makeyourbodyormusclestightandstiff, or tobecometightandstiff: [T]He tensed hisbodyjust beforedivingfrom the highboard. [I]She tensed up as thecarwentfasterandfaster. Examplesoftensetense In this way tenses reflect the particular nature of the narrative act of fiction-making.From theCambridge English Corpus The temporal meaning of tenses is determined relative to that narrative segment being actualized as the foreground of the story, as its fictive present.From theCambridge English Corpus In general, they are evident and possibly sharp, with the roof_line generally tensed, while the accent_line can be sharp.From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, increasing use was concentrated in formal combinations where the progressive was already prevalent, namely the present and past tenses.From theCambridge English Corpus Her long-standing habit of tensing the lower back muscles was too ingrained for her to develop strength in her lower abdomen.From theCambridge English Corpus I also wonder how many past tenses he thinks it has!From theCambridge English Corpus Why should the comprehension deficit, involving traces, be superficially at least so different from the production deficit, involving tensed verb forms?From theCambridge English Corpus In the former, reflexive clitics do not agree in person or number with the syntactic subject and attach to the participle in compound past tenses.From theCambridge English Corpus Following this methodology, children in our samples were asked to generate the past tenses of low- and high-frequency irregular and regular verbs.From theCambridge English Corpus Our prediction is that the hierarchy of difficulty for the imparfait will be the converse of that for the other two tenses.From theCambridge English Corpus Children in both age groups differentiated all three tenses in the adverbial control condition.From theCambridge English Corpus Of the 324 occurrences of be, all but one were unambiguously tensed.From theCambridge English Corpus We stop ourselves from expressing a feeling by tensing the muscles that oppose the movement that would express the feeling.From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, the usefulness of the traditional teaching approach based on a decontextualised presentation of all six tenses is questioned.From theCambridge English Corpus Many akls will not be tensed, some are even round; in fact, the use of precise circles can bring to mind a world of fantasy.From theCambridge English Corpus 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. |