tenterhooks
['t?nt?h?ks]
- n. 焦慮不安
實用場景例句
- I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results.
- 整個星期我都在坐立不安，等待結果出來。
牛津詞典
- He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
- 他仍緊張不安地等待著主任們對他的工作作出的決定。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.
- 學生們煩躁不安地聽考試結果.
辭典例句
- The author keeps the reader on tenterhooks till the last chapter.
- 作者不斷給讀者造成懸念直到讀完最后一章.
期刊摘選
- People are disquieted [ on tenterhooks ] .
- 人心惶惶.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for stick.
- 那個可憐的南海見父親到處找棍子,感到六神無主.
期刊摘選
- We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
- 我們坐立不安了好幾個小時,等著裁判們決定獲勝者.
期刊摘選
- Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.
- 歪曲事實是內心惶恐的一種掩飾.
期刊摘選
- I tenterhooks all day yesterday thinking about them.
- 昨天一整天我老想著這事,坐立不安.
期刊摘選
- The president, being told of the strong earthquake in his country, was on tenterhooks every minute.
- 得知本國發生了強烈地震, 總統一直心亂如麻.
期刊摘選
- The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.
- 當小珞拉回來后,她母親才放下心來.
辭典例句
- He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
- 在我們談話的時候,他因有所期待而如坐針氈.
期刊摘選
- His parents were on tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter.
- 他的父母在收到他的信前,一直是那樣的.
期刊摘選
- The poor boy was on tenterhooks when his father was searching for a stick.
- 那個可憐的男孩見父親到處找棍子,感到.
期刊摘選
- The movie kept us on tenterhooks for two hours.
- 這電影使我們如坐針氈了兩個小時之久.
期刊摘選
- The students were on tenterhooks before the examination began.
- 考試開始前,學生們的心里.
期刊摘選
- On first floor each terminal mouth out, La tenterhooks for, La workers put us busy.
- 在一樓每個出報終端口, 幾個裝報工一刻不停地忙碌著.
期刊摘選
- The tightrope walker had us on tenterhooks until her reached the safety of the other side.
- 在那位走鋼絲者安全到達另一邊前,我們都一直提心吊膽.
期刊摘選
- He is on tenterhooks knowing that his wife is ill.
- 他得知老婆生病的消息后,坐臥不安.
期刊摘選
- His parents were on the tenterhooks all the time until they got his letter.
- 他的父母在收到他的來信前,一直是那樣的心煩意亂.
期刊摘選
- He was on tenterhooks of expectations during our conversation.
- 在我們談話時,他因有所期待而.
期刊摘選
- She was on tenterhooks when she heard of her mother's illness.
- 她得知母親病了,感到坐立不安.
期刊摘選
- I found him on tenterhooks when he was waiting for his girlfriend.
- 我發現他在等女朋友時顯得.
期刊摘選
- I waited, on tenterhooks, for Uncle Jack to tell Atticus my side of it.
- 我提心吊膽地等著杰克叔叔告訴阿迪克斯我的理由.
辭典例句
- He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
- 他仍緊張不安地等待著主任們對他的工作作出的決定。
柯林斯例句