be on tenterhooks
基本解释
- 焦虑不安；如坐针毡；提心吊胆
英汉例句
- The desire to make people even heaven will also be on tenterhooks.
欲望使人即使到了天堂也会坐立不安。 - Give you the stage, you not only don't play, but also it wasted, if you really think about it seriously, will be on tenterhooks.
给你这个舞台，你不仅不好好发挥，还把它浪费掉，如果你真正想到它的严重性，就会坐立不安。
blog.sina.com.cn - The team waits on tenterhooks to discover the final figure to be revealed at 04:23 PST on Friday 1st February.
ENGADGET: GameStick reveals final backer-aided design, dock for peripherals
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- be always on tenterhooks 心惊肉跳
- be put on tenterhooks 魂梦不安
- be on the tenterhooks 六神无主;英语翻译
- Be Alarmed And On Tenterhooks 惴栗