tenterhook
/ten-ter-hook/US // ˈtɛn tərˌhʊk //UK // (ˈtɛntəˌhʊk) //
吊钩,吊环,吊车,绷钩
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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