tenterhooks

现在分词：

动词现在分词: tentering

更多词形：

动词过去式: tentered | 动词过去分词: tentered | 动词现在分词: tentering | 动词第三人称单数: tenters |

单词例句：

I'm on tenterhooks.

我感觉如坐针毡.

People are disquieted (on tenterhooks).

人心惶惶。

The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.

学生们如坐针毡的聆听考试的成绩。

I was on tenterhooks for a month until they ended up buying the beds.

整整一个月我都坐立不安，直到他们购买了这批床。”

- I'm on tenterhooks, shoot.|- I'm looking for the real thing.

|- 我总是如坐针毡 见鬼|- 我在找寻那些...

Mick sat on tenterhooks, leaning forward in his chair, glaring at her almost hysterically: and whether he was more anxious out of vanity for her to say Yes! or whether he was more panic-stricken for fear she should say Yes!---who can tell?

蔑克如坐针毯似的,在椅子里身子向前倾图,用一种歇斯底里病者似的神气向她注视着,他究竟是由于虚荣心而期望着她说“是”呢,不是惊悸着她真的说了出来?谁能知道?

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。

The students were on tenterhooks before the examination began.

考试开始前，学生们的心里七上八下。

He was on tenterhooks of expectations during our conversation.

在我们谈话时，他因有所期待而如坐针毡。