belt-tighten

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To tighten one's belt. figuratively,intransitive
    — They light some kind of flame in viewers who don’t have lots of attractive relatives and would enjoy learning that love matters more than money, even if it means your kids may have to go to a state school and you may have to belt-tighten down to one house instead of two.

词形变化

belt-tightens present,singular,third-person belt-tightening participle,present belt-tightened participle,past belt-tightened past

词源

Back-formation from belt-tightening, from tighten one's belt.
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