v.拉紧
When I grin, the stitches tauten. 当我咧嘴而笑，针脚便会绷紧。
She had cosmetic surgery to tauten her drooping breasts. 她动美容外科手术，使下垂的乳房坚挺起来。
A type of lacquer formerly used to protect,waterproof,and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings. 漆涂料从前用来保护飞机翼布防水并使其绷紧的涂料
Here there is a simple gravel surface with inexpensive pieces of concrete painted blue and set in it so as to tauten the surface and make it as visually strong as the vertical surrounding elements. 屋面上铺著一层简单的砾石，并嵌入一些漆成蓝色的混凝土版，以绷紧这表面；同时，使它在视觉上能像周围的垂直元素一样地强烈。
to tauten a rope 拉紧绳子
