单词
tenterhooks
['t?nt?h?ks]
基本信息
- n. 焦虑不安
实用场景例句
- 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
- He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
- 他仍紧张不安地等待着主任们对他的工作作出的决定。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.
- 学生们烦躁不安地听考试结果.
辞典例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- People are disquieted [ on tenterhooks ] .
- 人心惶惶.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for stick.
- 那个可怜的南海见父亲到处找棍子,感到六神无主.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.
- 歪曲事实是内心惶恐的一种掩饰.
期刊摘选
- I tenterhooks all day yesterday thinking about them.
- 昨天一整天我老想着这事,坐立不安.
期刊摘选
- The president, being told of the strong earthquake in his country, was on tenterhooks every minute.
- 得知本国发生了强烈地震, 总统一直心乱如麻.
期刊摘选
- The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.
- 当小珞拉回来后,她母亲才放下心来.
辞典例句
- He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
- 在我们谈话的时候,他因有所期待而如坐针毡.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The students were on tenterhooks before the examination began.
- 考试开始前,学生们的心里.
期刊摘选
- On first floor each terminal mouth out, La tenterhooks for, La workers put us busy.
- 在一楼每个出报终端口, 几个装报工一刻不停地忙碌着.
期刊摘选
- The tightrope walker had us on tenterhooks until her reached the safety of the other side.
- 在那位走钢丝者安全到达另一边前,我们都一直提心吊胆.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- His parents were on the tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter.
- 他的父母在收到他的来信前,一直是那样的心烦意乱.
期刊摘选
- He was on tenterhooks of expectations during our conversation.
- 在我们谈话时,他因有所期待而.
期刊摘选
- She was on tenterhooks when she heard of her mother's illness.
- 她得知母亲病了,感到坐立不安.
期刊摘选
- I found him on tenterhooks when he was waiting for his girlfriend.
- 我发现他在等女朋友时显得.
期刊摘选
- I waited, on tenterhooks, for Uncle Jack to tell Atticus my side of it.
- 我提心吊胆地等着杰克叔叔告诉阿迪克斯我的理由.
辞典例句
- He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
- 他仍紧张不安地等待着主任们对他的工作作出的决定。
柯林斯例句
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