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ADJ-GRADED
(局势、时期)令人紧张的，让人焦虑的
A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
例句
This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...
这一友好姿态基本上没有改善会谈的紧张气氛。
After three very tense weeks he phoned again...
过了紧张不安的 3 个星期，他又一次打来电话。
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ADJ-GRADED
紧张的;焦虑的;无法放松的
If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
例句
Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
起初，达特非常紧张，最后终于放松了下来。
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ADJ-GRADED
(肌肉)紧张的，绷紧的
If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
例句
She lay, eyes shut, body tense...
她躺着，双目紧闭，全身绷直。
A bath can relax tense muscles.
洗个澡可以放松紧张的肌肉。
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V-ERG
（使）（肌肉）紧张，绷紧
If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.
例句
Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
纽曼的腹肌绷紧了。
He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。
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N-COUNT
(动词的)时，时态
The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
例句
It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。