But bitter substances block the channels that allow calcium into cells, which relaxes the tightened tissue.

但是苦味物质能够阻碍钙流入气道细胞，所以就能缓解拉紧的组织。

Firstly, the tower will not be completely self-supporting, partly relying on its tensioned steel cables for stability.

首先，这座塔无法实现完全的自我支撑，部分要依靠拉紧的钢索来保持稳定。

Tip Number Two: Tighten your mask.

将你的口罩拉紧。

" Ready? " " Ready." She tensed her fingers on the strap.

“准备？” “准备。”她拉紧子的手指。

Chief engineer: make sure all moorings remain taut to restrict the movement of the ship.

吸收材料。确保所有系缆拉紧以限制船体的运动。

" To strain" (strain) means to stretch a muscle so far that you hurt it.

“拉紧” （拉紧）的意思是将肌肉拉伸到你伤害它的程度。

She felt the world around her closing in like a sack being drawn shut, and everything pressing in on her.

她感觉周围的世界像只被拉紧的麻袋样向她靠近，切都在向她压来。

They could barely keep the traces taut, and on the down grades just managed to keep out of the way of the sled.

皮勉强拉紧，下坡的时候只能勉勉强强地躲开追上的雪橇。

Let her have it! The foreman's arm tightened on the wheel, then stopped. He turned to the other men on the scaffolding.

让机器转动吧！工的胳臂拉紧轮子，之后停止，他转向脚手架上的另男子。

You would have someone literally pulling a force against the driver's head, and they have to tense up to stop their head from being moved.

你会看到有人真的给车手的拉力，他们必须拉紧阻止他们的被移动。

' One of the businessmen, florid and pleased with himself, leaned back in his chair so that his stomach strained the seams of his shirt.

’其中位生意人兴高采烈地向后靠在椅子上，以至于他的胃拉紧了衬衫的接缝。

If you're like most people, you probably hold your breath, tighten your mask and hope you don't catch whatever Patient Zero is spraying over the fresh produce.

如果你和大多数人样， 你可能会屏住呼吸，拉紧你的面罩， 希望你不要被零号病人喷洒在新鲜农产品上的任何东西感染。

All he can think of is to pull a strap tight, and when he can't get it any tighter he's at the end of his resources.

他所能想到的就是拉紧皮，当他不能再拉紧时，他就用尽了所有资源。

He stood up with an easy movement, not hurried at all, pulled the belt of his robe tight, and moved out to the end of the davenport.

他动作轻盈地站了起来， 点也不着急， 拉紧长袍的腰， 走到长沙发的尽。

A bridge was built across the East River by stretching ropes made of steel from one side of the river to the other and hanging the floor of the bridge from these steel ropes.

座桥横跨东河之上，拉紧的钢索从河岸两边吊起大桥的桥面。

In the taxi on the way home, we were silent for a long time, and then she put down her purse and straightened my tie and puffed up my breast pocket handkerchief.

在回家的出租车上，我们沉默了很长段时间。然后，她下皮包，拉紧我的领，并弄直我胸前口袋的手帕。

The Killer braced himself with the rope across his hip, and as the antelope tautened the singing strands in a last frantic bound for liberty he was thrown over upon his back.

杀手用系在他臀部的绳子支撑着自己，当羚羊拉紧歌唱的绳索，最后次疯狂地奔向自由时，他被抛翻在地。

A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash—the effect being given of a tug bringing in an ocean liner.

身穿天鹅绒软垫的胖女人，她松弛的脸颊被按摩得太多了，她的贵宾犬拉紧了它的皮——给人种拖船驶进远洋班轮的效果。

The cutting cable may be strung between two mine-clearing vessels known as minesweepers, or held taut off the side of a lone minesweeper by a device called a paravane (in essence, an underwater kite).

切割电缆可以串在两艘被称为扫雷舰的扫雷船之间，或者通过种叫做扫雷器（本质上是水下风筝）的装置将其拉紧在艘单独的扫雷舰的侧面。

For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained. It was scarcely endurable to look at the rope, and think of its giving way.

因为，现在，绳子进来了，收紧并拉紧到它出现的极限，男人们沉重地转身，起锚机抱怨。看着绳子，想到它松开，简直让人难以忍受。