- 1. tight; taut; close
- ♦ 把绳子拉~ pull the rope taut
- ♦ 把螺丝拧~ tighten the screw
- ♦ ~握手中枪 hold the gun tight in one's hands
- ♦ 这双鞋太~。 These shoes are too tight. or These shoes pinch.
- 2. urgent; pressing; tense
- ♦ 任务~。 The task is urgent.
- ♦ 风声~。 Things are tense.
- ♦ 雨下得正~。 It was raining hard.
- 3. strict; stringent
- ♦ 管得~ exercise strict control; be strict with
- 4. hard up; short of money
- ♦ 手头~ be short of money; be hard up
- ♦ 银根~。 Money is tight.
- ♦ ~一~背包带 tighten the knapsack straps