LEARNit Dictionary
taut
adjective
/tɔːt/
UK
/tɔːt/
US
1
stretched tightly
سفت, محکم, کشیده و محکم
2
showing that you are anxious or tense
تنیده, ناآرام, بیقرار
a voice taut with anger
Her face was taut and pale.
Her body went as taut as a bowstring.
3
with hard muscles; not fat
سفت, محکم, عضلانی, فاقد چربی
His body was solid and taut.
4
carefully written with no unnecessary parts in it
مختصر, موجز, فشرده, بدون حشو
a taut thriller
the writer’s taut prose