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词组 tenterhooks
释义 tenterhooks BrE /ˈtentəhʊks/
NAmE /-tərh-/

(be) on ˈtenterhooks (NAmE also be on ˌpins and ˈneedles) (be) very tense, excited or anxious about what might happen 如坐针毡;忐忑不安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。
ORIGIN In the past, a tenterhook was used to keep material stretched on a drying frame during manufacture. * tenterhook (拉幅钩)是旧时把生产的布料固定在干燥架上的一种钩子。
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