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Tension N Rotation Fraught Latin Recorded Tenʃən N.紧张,焦虑;张力

单词 tension
音标 ['tenʃən]
解释 n.紧张,焦虑;张力
红宝书 【英】 n. 紧张,焦虑(nervous anxiety);张力(the amount of a force stretching something)
【考】 torque : rotation / tension : elongation(力矩造成旋转/张力 造成伸长)lacken(slacken): tension / blunt : sharpness(使松懈(放松)不再 拉紧/使变钝不再锋利)反义词:idyll(田园 生活)-experience fraught with tension(充满紧张的 经历)
【记】 tens(伸展)+ion→ 伸展出的状态→紧张
字源 tension (n.)
1530s, "a stretched condition," from Middle French tension (16c.) or directly from Latin tensionem (nominative tensio) "a stretching" (in Medieval Latin "a struggle, contest"), noun of state from tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "stress along lines of electromotive force" (as in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1785.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 张力; 拉力; 紧张
【记】tens伸展, ion-伸展出的状态-紧张
【参】tensile(adj 可拉长的)
【类】torque: rotation = tension: elongation力矩造成旋转 = 拉力造成伸长slacken[slacken]: tension = blunt: sharpness使松懈不拉紧 = 使变钝不锋利
【反】idyll(n 田园诗)-experience fraught with tension(充满紧张的经历)
趣味全助记 【记】同源于tend 伸展,延伸
【相关】distension 膨胀, 延伸,extension 延长, 扩充, 扩展名,extensive 广阔的,广泛的,intense 强烈的, 激烈的,pretense 主张, 伪称,借口, tense 拉紧的,语法时态

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