Tenterhook

（重定向自Tenterhooks）

For the album by musician Chris Mars, see Tenterhooks (album).

Tenterhooks are hooks in a device called a tenter. Tenters were originally large wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the process of making woollen cloth. After a piece of cloth was woven, it still contained oil from the fleece and some dirt. A craftsperson called a fuller (also called a tucker or wa[u]lker) cleaned the woollen cloth in a fulling mill, and then had to dry it carefully or the woollen fabric would shrink. To prevent this shrinkage, the fuller would place the wet cloth on a tenter, and leave it to dry outdoors. The lengths of wet cloth were stretched on the tenter (fromLatin tendere, meaning "to stretch") using tenterhooks (hooked nails driven through the wood) all around the perimeter of the frame to which the cloth's edges (selvedges) were fixed, so that as it dried the cloth would retain its shape and size. In some manufacturing areas, entire tenter-fields, larger open spaces full of tenters, were once common.

单词	tenterhooks
释义	tenterhooks /'tɛntɚhʊks/ 英汉-汉英词典 n. <纺>拉幅钩如坐针毡；忐忑不安词组 \| 习惯用语 on tenterhooks 提心吊胆；焦虑不安英语例句库 We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner. 我们坐立不安了好几个小时，等着裁判们决定获胜者。声明：以上例句、词性分类均由互联网资源自动生成，未经过人工审核，其表达内容亦不代表本软件的观点；若发现问题，欢迎向我们指正。原声例句雅思口语小妙招 It's a bit like on tenterhooks, right? on edge. 就是提心吊胆的意思。新奇事件簿 The world is now on tenterhooks to see how Iran retaliates. 全世界现在都在紧张不安地观察伊朗将如何报复。 BBC 听力 2016年10月合集 The BBC's Economics expert Paul Mason explains that the Eurozone is still on tenterhooks. BBC经济专家保罗·梅森解释道欧元区的经济状况依然令人担忧。哈利波特与混血王子 Harry had his wand raised, waiting on tenterhooks to repel a jinx that seemed unlikely ever to come. 哈利举着魔杖，提心吊胆地等着击退一个看来永远不会发过来的咒语。唐顿庄园（音频版）第六季 I'm on bail and he's on tenterhooks, until they decide if they can make a case against either of us. 我在保释期，他每天焦躁不安，直到他们决定是否可以控告我们其中的一个。《金融时报》 Podcast I've been on tenterhooks for the final episode of Succession. 我一直在为 Succession 的最后一集提心吊胆。《金融时报》 Podcast Everyone is kind of on tenterhooks now waiting, what's gonna happen? 现在每个人都提心吊胆地等待着，会发生什么？潘潘 Before the end of the land tenure, the tepid householder was on tenterhooks. 在土地使用占有结束之前，不热情的户主如坐针毡。 2011 ESLPod You're just on tenterhooks waiting around for the results to arrive and you're psyching yourself out. 你只是提心吊胆地等待结果的到来，你正在让自己兴奋不已。摇滚纪录片 If you can tell an Oasis from a Blur. you should be on tenterhooks this evening. 这两支乐队间的战争正在达到高潮。英语百科 Tenterhook （重定向自Tenterhooks） For the album by musician Chris Mars, see Tenterhooks (album). Tenterhooks are hooks in a device called a tenter. Tenters were originally large wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the process of making woollen cloth. After a piece of cloth was woven, it still contained oil from the fleece and some dirt. A craftsperson called a fuller (also called a tucker or wa[u]lker) cleaned the woollen cloth in a fulling mill, and then had to dry it carefully or the woollen fabric would shrink. To prevent this shrinkage, the fuller would place the wet cloth on a tenter, and leave it to dry outdoors. The lengths of wet cloth were stretched on the tenter (fromLatin tendere, meaning "to stretch") using tenterhooks (hooked nails driven through the wood) all around the perimeter of the frame to which the cloth's edges (selvedges) were fixed, so that as it dried the cloth would retain its shape and size. In some manufacturing areas, entire tenter-fields, larger open spaces full of tenters, were once common.
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tenterhooks /'tɛntɚhʊks/

Tenterhook