mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie. Related: Tautness.
雙語例句
1. Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified.
本一骨碌坐了起來，表情緊張而驚恐。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing.
她開始聽見自己急促、微弱的呼吸。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.