tenterhook['tentəhuk]

• n.【纺织业】拉幅钩；张布钩
• 短语:
  • on tenterhooks 提心吊胆，如坐针毡，焦虑不安[亦作on tenter-hooks，[古语]on the tenterhooks (或hooks)]
  • put(或set,strain, stretch) on the tenter-hooks
    • [罕用语]
    • 歪曲；曲解(真理、事实或词义等)
    • 违背(良心)
    • 滥用(职权)，超出(权限)
    • 使(才能等)受到严重考验