| 单词 | tenter |
| 例句 | I threw in my lot with the tenters. Pursuits: Uncruising to Alaska: Short on Frills, Long on Thrills 2013-08-20T21:20:23Z I recently met a dozen tenters following their morning Bible hour at the local tabernacle. For $6,000, Spend Summer in a Tent at the Jersey Shore 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But his chief fear was, and it kept him on tenter hooks throughout the day, that his grand exploit would be nipped in the bud, altogether frustrated, by his being prematurely fetched home. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Some of the higher-ups are dead sure you are Mr. Shei, and the whole town is on tenter hooks on account of the notices posted last night. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z I know he is on tenter hooks all the time, too. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Even the hot supper of steak and potatoes that Penny prepared failed to sufficiently warm the two tenters. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z But for the colony’s inhabitants, who refer to themselves as “tenters,” it’s more than a cheap getaway. For $6,000, Spend Summer in a Tent at the Jersey Shore 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But I was not at the end of my mortifications yet, neither, for now my innocent Quaker threw out an unhappy expression, which put me upon the tenters again. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana Every one was on tenter hooks to see how she would be greeted by the grateful Emperor. The Princess Virginia Garrick was on the tenters of suspense, and there Foote kept him a full hour. All About Coffee On other occasions, they are sufficiently careful of their skins—more especially in an encounter with the white trappers, or even travellers who tenter the prairies from the east. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The tenters include nurses and executives, preachers and a retired limo driver. For $6,000, Spend Summer in a Tent at the Jersey Shore 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Really, they are tenter fields, i.e. fields provided with 'tenters,' or pegs, by means of which cloth could be stretched. The History of London These stones were nearly round, with a score cut around the tenter, and look as if this score was cut for the purpose of putting a withe round for a handle. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Then the goods are dried on a tenter frame, given a light starching to add weight, run through a rubber rolled mangle and again dried on a tenter frame. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Another night on tenter hooks: great news: a wireless from a warship to tell us the Suvla troops are up on the foothills: two cables from Stopford: many messages from Anzac and Helles. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 I always felt on tenter hooks in her presence, from the very first date of our acquaintanceship. She and I, Volume 1 Sometimes hooks were used, from which we get the phrase 'to be on tenter hooks'—to be on a stretch with anxiety. The History of London Too near for reflection; too far for intervention: on tenter hooks, in fact; a sort of mental crucifixion. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I All the streams turn waterwheels, and many of the surrounding rocks are disfigured with cloth 'tenters.' Normandy Picturesque In truth he feels an unaccountable overwhelming desire to know what the weighty matter was, but he is not to know, and therefore is kept on tenter hooks for some time. Lippa No thrall's hands in the hangings were, No thrall's hands made the tenters bare. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough The machine holds on tenter hooks—the hooks of the metaphorical reference—the damp cloth brought from the process of bleaching, and rolls it through evenly into a drier, where it slips off. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Think of fourteen days spent waiting; waiting for something, with your heart on tenter hooks. Quiet Talks on Prayer True woman!—How you love to put one upon the tenters! Pamela, Volume II The preachers left the field to join the tenters; and, if possible, surpassed their previous exhibitions. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America I'm on tenter hooks to know whether I shall have a Reprimand, or a bad conduct mark in my report. A Young Girl's Diary At one kind two girls sit, each watching an edge of the cloth and keeping it straight on the tenter hooks, so it will feed evenly. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls The engine tenters became very friendly with me, and they we re always glad to see me interested in them and their engines. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography And pray write now, to say you do so come, for dear Mrs. Westwood else will be on the tenters of incertitude. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 A pike had struck its head against a tenter hook on a post in the pond where he was swimming. What the Animals Do and Say His attitude betrays an overwhelming, gloomy anxiety which has him on tenter hooks. Anna Christie No thrall’s hands in the hangings were, No thrall’s hands made the tenters bare. Poems By the Way We could see at every house a tenter, and on almost every tenter a piece of cloth or kersie or shalloon.... The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners My impatience, madam, is the effect of my transport; and till I have the possession of your adorable person, I am tantalised on the rack, and do but hang, madam, on the tenter of expectation. The Way of the World |
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