tightens
v. 收紧( tighten的第三人称单数 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely.
Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...
卢克的回应就是把她的肩头抓得更紧了。
Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...
她充满感激,把他的脖子搂得更紧了。
If you tighten a rope or chain, or if it tightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight.
The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope...
那个压阵队员使尽了全身力气往后拽,把绳子拉得紧紧的。
The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
缆绳绷紧了,他被慢慢地吊离了甲板。
If a government or organization tightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip tightens, it begins to have more control over it.
He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government...
他清楚有相当多的人支持他对中央政府机构加强控制的计划。
As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south.
随着后来几年那个政权加强对大陆的控制,又有数十万人逃往南方。
When you tighten a screw, nut, or other device, you turn it or move it so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly.
I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp...
我用拇指指甲把台灯上的螺钉拧紧了。
All the bolts were fully tightened.
所有的螺钉都拧紧了。
If a part of your body tightens, the muscles in it become tense and stiff, for example because you are angry or afraid.
Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak...
索菲娅喉咙哽住了,说不出话来。
She saw his jaw tighten and his face lose its colour.
她看见他的下巴绷紧,脸色煞白。
If someone in authority tightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient.
The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place...
美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。
They have tightened security along the border...
他们加强了边境的安全工作。
One set of provisions tightens emission standards.
一套使排放标准更加严格的规定.
Requires no special tools or fittings; hand tightens to relief valve outlet.
不需要专用工具或管件; 用手将其紧固到安全阀上即可.
The heart tightens at the grandeur we've already left behind.
在我们已经抛到身后的雄伟里,心在收紧.
This amp is like a bass screwdriver, tightens up bass!
小M+ 像是个低音螺丝起子把低音拧得紧紧的.
Her body tightens into a tense coil, and her fists close.
她的身体硬成一团,手捏成了紧紧的拳头.