tenterhooks
n. 焦虑不安
n.
拉幅钩；如坐针毡，忐忑不安；
英英释义
tenterhook[ 'tentəhuks ]
n.one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
词组短语
on tenterhooks提心吊胆；焦虑不安
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges were deciding the winners.
我们在等待裁判员裁决出优胜者，几个小时如坐针毡。
权威例句
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tenterhooks
tenterhooks: [15] A tenterhook is one of a set of hooks used to hold cloth taut on a frame during manufacture, especially while its dries (tenter comes from medieval Latin tentorium, a derivative of Latin tendere ‘stretch’). The metaphorical use of on tenterhooks to mean ‘in a state of agonizing suspense’ dates from the mid- 18th century.
tenterhooks (n.)
plural of tenterhook (late 15c.), "one of the hooks that holds cloth on a tenter," from tenter + hook (n.). The figurative phrase on tenterhooks "in painful suspense" is from 1748; earlier to be on tenters (1530s).
1. I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results.
整个星期我都在坐立不安，等待结果出来。
《牛津词典》
2. He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
他仍在紧张地等待着主管们对他的工作作出的决定。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3. The movie kept us on tenterhooks for two hours.
这电影使我们如坐针毡了两个小时之久。
youdao
4. He is on tenterhooks knowing that his wife is ill.
他得知老婆生病的消息后，坐卧不安。
youdao
5. He was on tenterhooks about the result of the exam.
他对考试结果感到提心吊胆的。
youdao
6. I was on tenterhooks all day yesterday thinking about them.
昨天一整天我老想着这事，坐立不安。
youdao
7. He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
在我们谈话时，他因有所期待而如坐针毡。
youdao
8. The author keeps the reader on tenterhooks till the last chapter.
作者不断给读者造成悬念直到读完最后一章。
youdao
9. I I found him on tenterhooks when he was waiting for his girlfriend.
我发现他在等女朋友时显得局促不安。
youdao
10. His parents were on tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter.
他的父母在收到他的信前，一直是那样的心烦意乱。
youdao
11. Hiss parents were on tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter.
他的父母在收到他的信前，一直是那样的心烦意乱。
youdao
12. We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
我们坐立不安了好几个小时，等着裁判们决定获胜者。
youdao
13. The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for a stick.
那个可怜的男孩见父亲到处找棍子，感到六神无主。
youdao
14. Thee poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for a stick.
那个可怜的男孩见父亲到处找棍子，感到六神无主。
youdao
15. The menu was spicy and Serbia and Kosovo were on tenterhooks about the outcome.
菜单上的菜肴都很辛辣，塞尔维亚和科索沃似乎也感觉得到，正焦虑不安的等待着结果。
youdao
16. We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges were deciding the winners.
我们在等待裁判员裁决出优胜者，几个小时如坐针毡。
youdao
17. I do not know why, as long as you are in me, my heart is no longer on tenterhooks.
不知为什么，只要有你在我身边，我的心便不再惶惶不安。
youdao
18. Ever since, the Irish have been on the run, and the Greeks and others on tenterhooks.
自那以后，爱尔兰一直在逃避，希腊以及其他一些国家坐立不安。
youdao
19. If you are on tenterhooks words, please note, if you look into the distance, if you forget I told your every detail.
假如你如坐针毡的话，请留意了，假如你瞭望远方，假如你遗忘了我通知你的任何一个细节。 胣。
youdao
20. Give you the stage, you not only don't play, but also it wasted, if you really think about it seriously, will be on tenterhooks.
给你这个舞台，你不仅不好好发挥，还把它浪费掉，如果你真正想到它的严重性，就会坐立不安。
youdao
21. Listen, Carl, I'm on tenterhooks. You can torture me afterward, if you like, but tell me now, tell me one thing… was it good or bad?
喂，卡尔，我现在很焦急。你如果想折磨我可以过一会儿再折磨，现在告诉我，只告诉我一件事……结果是好是坏？
youdao
22. Harry Potter fans are on tenterhooks before a press conference in which JK Rowling has promised to lift the veil on her next venture.
这场新闻发布会之前，哈迷们都寝食难安，因为JK罗琳承诺要在会上为她的下一步举动揭开面纱。
youdao
23. You can't imagine how worded I am, sister. We haven't got any good doctors nowadays, either. This illness is keeping me on tenterhooks.
婶子，你说我心焦不心焦?况且如今又没个好大夫，我想到他这病上，我心里倒象针扎似的。
youdao
24. You can't imagine how worded I am, sister. We haven't got any good doctors nowadays, either. This illness is keeping me on tenterhooks.
婶子，你说我心焦不心焦?况且如今又没个好大夫，我想到他这病上，我心里倒象针扎似的。
youdao
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