c. 1300, "wooden framework for stretching cloth," of uncertain origin, probably via Old French (but the evolution of the ending is obscure), and ultimately from Latin tentorium "tent made of stretched skins," from tentus "stretched," variant past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
实用例句
1. Nobody ( being ) in, I didn tenter the hall.
里面没有人, 我没进大厅.
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2. Nous allons tenter l'impossible pour le sauver.
