v.拉緊

When I grin, the stitches tauten. 當(dāng)我咧嘴而笑，針腳便會繃緊。

She had cosmetic surgery to tauten her drooping breasts. 她動美容外科手術(shù)，使下垂的乳房堅挺起來。

A type of lacquer formerly used to protect,waterproof,and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings. 漆涂料從前用來保護(hù)飛機(jī)翼布防水并使其繃緊的涂料

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. 屋面上鋪著一層簡單的礫石，并嵌入一些漆成藍(lán)色的混凝土版，以繃緊這表面；同時，使它在視覺上能像周圍的垂直元素一樣地強(qiáng)烈。

to tauten a rope 拉緊繩子