词条„tenterhooks“在英语 » 中文中的译文

tenterhook [ˈtentəhʊk] 名词 纺织

tenterhook

拉幅钩 lāfúgōu

短语，惯用语:

be on tenterhooks

焦虑不安 jiāolǜ bù'ān

tenterhooks的例句

be on tenterhooks

焦虑不安 jiāolǜ bù'ān

单语范例（未经PONS编辑处理）

英语

Tenterhooks, on the other hand, are little hooks used in medieval times for stretching cloth.

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The third game proved to be a thriller, with the capacity crowd on tenterhooks, right to the finish.

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But you're always on tenterhooks because you just know something else is lurking around the next corner.

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At the moment, we are on tenterhooks hoping that the trapped driver will miraculously be pulled out alive and unhurt.

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We are all on tenterhooks, waiting to perceive slights, threats or insults to our national identity.

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So now we're on tenterhooks, waiting like a nervous family in a maternity ward.

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It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension.

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There is a tenter frame, with the tenterhooks to show how the cloth was dried without shrinking and how teasles were used to lift up the nap.

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To keep someone on tenterhooks, knowing that she is likely to be watched as she goes about her daily life, seems to me remarkably cruel.

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And enough twists and turns to keep a reader on tenterhooks until a highly satisfying ending is delivered.

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