TENTERHOOKS - 从英语翻译成德语

英语

德语

ten·ter·hooks [ˈtentəhʊks, 美 -tɚ-] 名词 复数

tenterhooks

Spannhaken m

to be [kept] on tenterhooks

wie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen

to be on tenterhooks to do sth

es kaum abwarten können, etw zu tun

to keep sb on tenterhooks

jdn auf die Folter spannen

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英语

jdn auf die Folter spannen

to keep sb on tenterhooks

raus mit der Neuigkeit, wir sind alle schon ganz rappelig!

come on, let's have [or out with] the news, we're all on tenterhooks [already]!

wie auf [glühenden] Kohlen sitzen

to be on tenterhooks

单语范例（未经PONS编辑处理）

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

www.heraldscotland.com

It is not surprising, therefore, that villagers, businesses and schools are on tenterhooks over the possibility of the village losing one of its oldest friends.

www.edp24.co.uk

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.

www.legalweek.com

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

www.stuff.co.nz

His fans had been kept on tenterhooks by the story because he published it in instalments and was about halfway through when he suddenly died.

www.dailymail.co.uk