tight
adj
(-er, -est)
1 fixed, fastened or drawn together firmly; hard to move or undo 牢的; 緊的; 不松動的; 難解開的: a tight knot 系緊的結(jié)
I can't get the cork out of the bottle it's too tight. 我無法把瓶塞拔出來--太緊了.
The drawer is so tight I can't open it. 這抽屜太緊了, 我打不開.
keep a tight hold on the rope 緊緊抓住繩子.
2
(a) fitting closely 緊密相合的
a tight joint 緊密的接合處
These shoes are too tight for me. 這雙鞋我穿著太緊.
a tight ship, ie one that does not leak 不漏水的船
tight (ie strict) controls 嚴密的控制.
(b) (in compound adjs 用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞) made so that a specified thing cannot get in or out 不漏的; 不透的:`airtight * `watertight.
3
(a) with things or people arrangedclosely 緊密的; 密集的
a tight mass of fibres 很緊的一團纖維
a tight schedule, ie leaving little time to spare 緊湊的日程安排.
(b) (of a game, etc) evenly contested (指比賽等)勢均力敵的
a tight race, match, contest, etc 棋鼓相當?shù)馁惻堋?比賽、 競爭等.
4 fully stretched; taut 繃緊的; 拉緊的
a tight rope, belt, rein, etc 拉緊的繩子、 帶子、 韁繩等
My chest feels rather tight, eg because of asthma. 我覺得胸悶憋氣(如因哮喘所致).
5 [usu pred 通常作表語]
(infml 口) drunk 喝醉酒
got a bit tight at the party 在聚會上喝得有些醉.
6 (finance 財)
(a) (of money) not easy to obtain, eg on loan from banks (指錢)難得到的(如銀行貸款).
(b) (of the money market) in which credit is severely restricted (指金融市場)銀根緊的.
7 (infml 口) stingy; miserly 小氣的; 摳搜; 吝嗇的
She's tight with her money. 她在錢上特別摳唆.
8 (idm 習(xí)語) keep a tight `rein on sb/sth allow little freedom to sb/sth 對某人[某事物]嚴加約束. a ,tight `squeeze cramped or crowded situation 密集; 擁擠
We managed to get all the luggage into the car but it was a tight squeeze. 我們總算把行李都塞進汽車里了, 不過擠得要命. tight, adv
1 tightly 緊; 緊緊地; 牢牢地 (not used beforea past participle
packed tight but tightly packed 過去分詞之前不用tight而用tightly
packed tight及tightly packed): Hold tight! 抓緊了!
2 (idm 習(xí)語) sit tight => sit. sleep tight => sleep2.
?? 考研助記
t(tie系)+ight(表音成分,無義): 緊的
?? 擴展釋義
*[tait]a. 緊的, 密封的, 吝嗇的, 嚴厲的ad. 緊緊地【經(jīng)】 銀根緊的, 商品難得到的相關(guān)詞組: tight as a tick be in a tight place sit tight fall tight asleep