tenterhooks

n (idm 习语) (be) on `tenterhooks in a state of anxious suspense oruncertainty 忧虑不安; 不确定: We were kept on tenterhooksfor hours while the judges were deciding the winners. 我们在等待裁判员裁决出优胜者, 几个小时如坐针毡.

tenfold, tenis, tenner, tennis, tennis court, tennis elbow, tenon, tenor, tenpin bowling, tense, tensely, tenseness, tensile, tension, tent, tent-peg, tentacle, tentative, tentatively, tentativeness, tenth, tenuous, tenuously, tenure, tepee, tepid, tepidly, tequila, tercentenary, tercentennial, term, termagant, terminable, terminal, terminally, terminate, termination, terminator, terminological, terminologically,