tension
英 ['ten?(?)n]
美['t?n??n]
- n. 張力，拉力；緊張，不安；電壓
- vt. 使緊張；使拉緊
英英釋意
- 1. feelings of hostility that are not manifest;
- "he could sense her latent hostility to him"
- "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
- 2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;
- "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"
- "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- 3. the physical condition of being stretched or strained;
- "it places great tension on the leg muscles"
- "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
- 4. a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature);
- "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"
- "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
- 5. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body;
- "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
- 6. the action of stretching something tight;
- "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"