tenterhooks

第三人称单数：

动词第三人称单数: tenters

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：

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。

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。

My suggestion is: their money on tenterhooks for the day, it is better to play the game together!

我的建议是：与其整日为钱提心吊胆，不如大家一起来玩游戏！

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。

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 government is on tenterhooks," he said."So, incidentally, are the opponents of the government.There are political agreements to be struck.

他说：“政府目前如坐针毡，而政府的对手正巧也一样焦虑不安，政治交易将会达成。

Readers, have you had experiences when you were on tenterhooks, struggling to deal with the unknown? How have you learned to cope with uncertainty?

读者们，你们是否有提心吊胆，惴惴不安的经历呢？你们又学会了怎么应对不确定性呢？（实习编辑：顾萍）

Today we don't have to be on tenterhooks in telling truth, but we don't feel like saying anything.

毋庸提心吊胆便可倾吐真话这阵，却什么也懒得说。

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。