tension的词源

英文词源

tension (n.)

1530s, "a stretched condition," from Middle French tension (16c.) or directly from Latin tensionem (nominative tensio) "a stretching" (in Medieval Latin "a struggle, contest"), noun of state from tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "stress along lines of electromotive force" (as in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1785.

中文词源

tension：紧张；紧张的状态；张力，拉力

词根词缀： -tens-延伸 + -ion名词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：tension 词源，tension 含义。

tension：拉紧，紧张

来自 tense,拉紧的，紧张的，-ion,名词后缀。