| 单词 | tenterhooks |
| 释义 | tenterhooks noun[plural] uk/ˈten.tə.hʊks/us/ˈten.t̬ɚ.hʊks/on tenterhooks worriedornervousabout something that is going tohappen: 提心吊胆的，焦虑不安的，如坐针毡的We were on tenterhooks allmorningwaitingfor thephonetoring.我们整个上午都如坐针毡，一直在等着电话铃响。 Anxious and worried
Examplesoftenterhookstenterhooks The purpose and view was to threaten the enemy and to keep him ontenterhooks, whether he believed it or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall be ontenterhooksuntil that great concession comes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all ontenterhooksbecause we do not know whether we are in order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For a long time, as perhaps was his wish, he kept me ontenterhooksas to just which side of the fence he would land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has all the makings of an excellent whodunnit—we are ontenterhooksto discover who will accredit whom throughout the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be quite impossible to keep a man ontenterhooksfor 24 hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are ontenterhooks—their livelihoods are at stake and their families do not know what will happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be welcomed by the work force, whose members have been ontenterhooksfor about 18 months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have cases of foot and mouth and, as in many other constituencies, the farming community is ontenterhooks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I waited ontenterhooksto hear him draw the conclusion that there should be a proportionate increase in those arms in our own forces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am ontenterhooksto see what happens next, and whether we will indeed be able to come to an agreement following first reading. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English He lives ontenterhookslest he should overlook an item and development take place of which he has no knowledge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point of keeping the country ontenterhooks? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All the time that he was keeping us ontenterhookshe was defending something on which he had not been attacked at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of us are ontenterhooks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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