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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

音调紧绷的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yīn diào jǐn bēng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Taut-sounding/ˈtɔːtˌsaʊndɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他用音调紧绷的声音朗诵了这首诗。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having an acoustic quality or vocal tone that is tense, tightly controlled, and resonant.

    "The singer's taut-sounding voice conveyed a deep sense of underlying urgency and restraint."
  2. 2

    Of language or prose, sounding concise, rigorous, and devoid of unnecessary slack or padding.

    "The poetry reading was marked by taut-sounding verses that gripped the audience from the first line."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'taut' (from Middle English tawt, meaning tightly drawn or firm, ultimately from Old English) and 'sounding' (from Old English swōgan, meaning to make a noise or resound). First appearing in modern literary and musical critique during the mid-20th century, it evolved to describe acoustics, language, or artistic delivery characterized by tension, precision, and strict control.

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