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tenterhook

/ten-ter-hook/US // ˈtɛn tərˌhʊk //UK // (ˈtɛntəˌhʊk) //

吊钩,吊环,吊车,绷钩

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.

Examples

  • What I prefer is a hellish hovering, an endless torturing Tenterhook between the two.