Tight

(adj.) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; 'tight money'; 'a tight market' .

(adj.) packed closely together; 'they stood in a tight little group'; 'hair in tight curls'; 'the pub was packed tight' .

(adj.) of such close construction as to be impermeable; 'a tight roof'; 'warm in our tight little house' .

(adj.) closely constrained or constricted or constricting; 'tight skirts'; 'he hated tight starched collars'; 'fingers closed in a tight fist'; 'a tight feeling in his chest' .

(adj.) securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; 'the bolts are tight' .

(adj.) set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; 'in tight formation'; 'a tight blockade' .

安迪编辑

• And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I don't,' said Boffin, in a free-handed manner, 'want to tie a literary man--WITH a wooden leg--down too tight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The times are as tight as can be; everybody is being ruined; and I don't believe Lydgate has got a farthing. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Mademoiselle Hortense eyes him with a scowl upon her tight face, which gradually changes into a smile of scorn, You are very mysterieuse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her fist, clenched tight in his pocket, beat hard against his thigh. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She had put on a dress of stiff old greenish brocade, that fitted tight and made her look tall and rather terrible, ghastly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I squeezed the tighter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He wished to improve that which was already perfect--to draw the rope tighter yet round the neck of his unfortunate victim--and so he ruined all. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Shall I stretch this corner a shade tighter, Timothy? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Clasp your arm tighter,' said Sikes, as he drew him through the window. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good for nothing, as a gen'l thing, the tighter they sticks to 'em. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• With a roar the lioness turned completely over upon her back, falling full upon her enemy; but the black-haired giant only closed tighter his hold. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I won't squeeze you tighter than I can help. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The gondolier is a picturesque rascal for all he wears no satin harness, no plumed bonnet, no silken tights. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He had relinquished his legal suit of black for the purposes of this excursion, and wore the old surtout and tights, but not quite with the old air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I have always found him the bitingest and tightest screw in London. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

校对:奥利弗