Indeed, he was always tightly-wound, as though he were keeping tune with the threats buried beneath the ground.

的确，他经常伤的很深，好像他的生活是与掩埋在地下的威胁同步的。

youdao

Tightly wound but always composed, he seems to be losing it this time.

虽然经常会受到伤害但一直都很镇静沉着，这次他好像失控了。

youdao

In Damascus they top fashionable outfits with tightly wound white scarves.

在大马士革，面纱与紧束的白色头巾同列时尚服装之首。

youdao

He has been painted as Richie Rich, a too-tightly-wound reject from the Republican Animatronic Presidential Candidate Factory.

WSJ: Romney Deflates the President

As the eruption of Mount Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland stranded thousands of travelers at airports across Europe last month and again this, the intricacy and fragility of our tightly-wound, globally interconnected world was once again on display.

FORBES: Ash In The Supply Chain

The Navy has put together a tightly-wound schedule for developing that successor that requires design work to commence in the fiscal year beginning this October, with a seven-year construction phase for the lead ship starting in 2019.

FORBES: The Submarine That Might Save America