tenterhooks

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtenterhooksten‧ter‧hooks /ˈtentəhʊks $ -ər-/ noun especially British English → be on tenterhooksExamples from the Corpustenterhooks• Time has me dangling on its tenterhooks.• She had been on tenterhooks all night expecting Joe to return at any moment from Port Eynon.• Louis was reconstituting the royal family, keeping his adult sons on tenterhooks.• He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the manager's job.• Everyone had been waiting on tenterhooks on the platform, as they had been technically ready for more than a day.• For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks, not daring to take my eyes from the lectern.• Nutty watched on tenterhooks as Hoomey took in his new situation: the centre of an admiring crowd.• Both of us were on tenterhooks for reasons both intellectual and commercial.Origin tenterhooks (1500-1600) tenterhook “sharp nail for fastening cloth on a tenter” ((15-20 centuries)), from tenter “frame for drying and stretching cloth” ((13-20 centuries)) (from Medieval Latin tentura, from Latin tendere; → TEND) + hook

单词	tenterhooks
释义	tenterhooks From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtenterhooksten‧ter‧hooks /ˈtentəhʊks $ -ər-/ noun especially British English → be on tenterhooksExamples from the Corpustenterhooks• Time has me dangling on its tenterhooks.• She had been on tenterhooks all night expecting Joe to return at any moment from Port Eynon.• Louis was reconstituting the royal family, keeping his adult sons on tenterhooks.• He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the manager's job.• Everyone had been waiting on tenterhooks on the platform, as they had been technically ready for more than a day.• For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks, not daring to take my eyes from the lectern.• Nutty watched on tenterhooks as Hoomey took in his new situation: the centre of an admiring crowd.• Both of us were on tenterhooks for reasons both intellectual and commercial.Origin tenterhooks (1500-1600) tenterhook “sharp nail for fastening cloth on a tenter” ((15-20 centuries)), from tenter “frame for drying and stretching cloth” ((13-20 centuries)) (from Medieval Latin tentura, from Latin tendere; → TEND) + hook
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