资料来源 : pyDict

勒紧,使变紧变紧,绷紧

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Tightening}.]
   To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
   manner.

         Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee
         round the dusty plain.                   --Fawkes.

   {Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
      forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tighten
     v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: {fasten}]
     2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
     3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
        [syn: {stiffen}, {tighten up}, {constrain}]
     4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: {reduce}]