tightness

tightness 表示某物、某处或某种状态“紧”的程度，也可指由此产生的紧绷或拘束感。

💡 记忆钩子

把 tightness 想成“收紧到一起”的程度：衣服、绳子或空间越收越紧，就是“紧的程度”；身体某处感到收缩、绷住，也可以说有这种“紧绷感”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“紧的程度”这一核心概念，再根据上下文判断它说的是物体的松紧、空间的严密程度，还是身体的紧绷感。
不要把 tightness 只理解成“狭窄”；它强调的是紧或绷的状态和程度。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 紧的程度；紧绷感

📖 指某物、某处或某种状态有多紧，也可以指身体某处收紧、绷住的感觉；核心画面就是“收紧到一起的程度”。

💡 常用“the tightness of + 名词”说明某物的紧度，也可用“tightness in + 身体部位”说明身体某处的紧绷感。它可以描述衣物、绳索、封闭空间等外在状态，也可以描述身体感觉；不要把它误用来单纯表示“小”或“窄”。

countable uncountable

The tightness of the lid made it difficult to open the jar.

盖子太紧，很难把罐子打开。

She felt tightness in her chest after running.

跑步后，她感到胸口发紧。

tightnesses plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

lack of movement or room for movement

同义词集: tightness tautness

反义: looseness, play

extreme stinginess

同义词集: meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimony parsimoniousness tightness tightfistedness closeness

the spatial property of being crowded together

同义词集: concentration density denseness tightness compactness

反义: dispersion, distribution 上位: spacing, spatial arrangement

a tight feeling in some part of the body; ;

同义词集: constriction tightness

he felt a constriction in her chest

she felt an alarming tightness in her chest

emotion caused a constriction of his throat

上位: feeling

a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

同义词集: stringency tightness

上位: deficiency, lack, want

🌳 词源

由 tight 加后缀 -ness 构成，字面意思是“紧的性质或状态”。

English tight Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tightness From tight + -ness.

🔄 变式

tightnesses plural

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