strained

strained /streind/
  • tính từ
    • căng thẳng
      • strained relations: quan hệ căng thẳng
    • gượng, gượng ép, không tự nhiên
      • strained smile: nụ cười gượng
      • strained interpretation: sự giải thích gượng ép; sự hiểu gượng ép
    • (kỹ thuật) bị cong, bị méo
 bị biến dạng
strained condition
 trạng thái biến dạng
strained condition
 trạng thái ứng suất
strained conductor
 sợi dây dẫn điện
strained state
 trạng thái biến dạng
strained wire
 dây nhiều tao

Xem thêm: labored, laboured, constrained, forced, agonistic, stress, tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase, mental strain, nervous strain, breed, stock, form, variant, var., breed, tenor, striving, nisus, pains, straining, song, strive, reach, try, stress, extend, sift, sieve, tense, tense up, tense, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out, puree, deform, distort



strained

Từ điển Collocation

strained adj.

1 worried and tense

VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound

ADV. very | a bit, a little, rather She looked rather strained and miserable.

2 not natural or friendly

VERBS be | become, grow | remain The atmosphere remained somewhat strained all evening.

ADV. extremely, severely, very Relations between the two countries had become severely strained. | increasingly | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • lacking natural ease; labored, laboured

    a labored style of debating

  • under great stress

    her voice was strained as she asked the question

  • lacking spontaneity; not natural; constrained, forced

    a constrained smile

    forced heartiness

    a strained smile

  • struggling for effect; agonistic

    agonistic poses

    n.

  • (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
  • difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; stress
  • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune, melody, air, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

    she was humming an air from Beethoven

  • (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; mental strain, nervous strain

    his responsibilities were a constant strain

    the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him

  • a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; breed, stock

    he experimented on a particular breed of white rats

    he created a new strain of sheep

  • (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; form, variant, var.

    a new strain of microorganisms

  • a lineage or race of people; breed
  • injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
  • the general meaning or substance of an utterance; tenor

    although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

  • an effortful attempt to attain a goal; striving, nisus, pains
  • an intense or violent exertion; straining
  • the act of singing; song

    with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates

    v.

  • to exert much effort or energy; strive, reach

    straining our ears to hear

  • test the limits of; try, stress

    You are trying my patience!

  • use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; extend

    He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro

    Don't strain your mind too much

  • separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; sift, sieve

    sift the flour

  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; tense, tense up

    he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up

  • become stretched or tense or taught; tense

    the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached

  • remove by passing through a filter; filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

    filter out the impurities

  • rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; puree

    puree the vegetables for the baby

  • alter the shape of (something) by stress; deform, distort

    His body was deformed by leprosy

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: agonistic constrained forced labored labouredstrains|strained|straining
syn.: descent extend hurt injure pull quality race sprain streak stretch tow trace tug wrench
ant.: relax