| 单词 | tenterhook |
| 释义 | tenterhook /ten"teuhr hook'/, n. 1. one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter. 2. on tenterhooks, in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety: The movie keeps one on tenterhooks until the very last moment. [1470-80; TENTER + HOOK] |
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