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单词 (be) on tenterhooks
释义 (be) on ˈtenterhooks (NAmE also be on ˌpins and ˈneedles) (to be) very anxious or excited while you are waiting to find out sth or see what will happen 坐立不安;如坐针毡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。 ORIGIN From tenterhook, a hook which in the past was used to keep material stretched on a drying frame during manufacture. 源自 tenterhook(拉幅钩),是过去把生产中的布料绷在干燥架上的一种钩子。
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