喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan; originally unrelated to tight, though it now looks like tight + -en.

源自古英文 tyhtan，原與 tight 無關，看似 tight 加 -en。

Wiktionary

Picture turning a screw or a bolt until it grips hard and won't budge — making something tight, taking out all the slack and looseness. That move from loose to firm is the whole verb: pulling a rope taut, muscles going stiff with feeling, a grip closing harder, and on into the figurative — control, rules, and even a race all getting 'tighter', meaning less slack, less room to slip, less give.

可以想成把螺絲或螺栓一直轉到緊咬、再也轉不動——讓東西變緊，把所有的鬆和晃都收掉。這「由鬆轉緊」的動作比較像整個動詞：把繩子拉到繃直、肌肉因情緒而僵緊、手握得更牢，再延伸到比喻——掌控、規定、甚至一場比賽都變得更「緊」，也就是更少鬆動、更難滑掉、更沒有餘地。

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同家族的字

tightened tightened tightening tightens

意思相反

loosenrelaxundounscreweaseslackenlet goweakenreleasewidenopen up

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tightenverb/ˈtaɪ.tən/

  • 1

    To make tighter.

    • Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
    • Just where I please, with tighten;d rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
  • 2

    To become tighter.

    • That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
  • 3

    economicssciencesTo make money harder to borrow or obtain.

    • If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
  • 4

    economicssciencesTo raise short-term interest rates.

    • The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.

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