1 N-COUNT 钩;吊钩;挂钩 A
hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up.
钩;吊钩;挂钩 2 V-ERG (用钩)吊住,挂住,固定 If you
hook one thing
to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something
hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there.
(用钩)吊住,挂住,固定 -
Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety. [V n + to/onto]
保罗把自己的拖拉机挂在汽车上,然后把它拉到了安全的地方。
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...one of those can openers that hooked onto the wall. [V + onto]
那些挂在墙上的开罐器中的一个
3 VERB (用手臂、腿或脚)钩住,绕住 If you
hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it.
(用手臂、腿或脚)钩住,绕住 -
She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree. [VERB noun prep.]
她拽住他的胳膊不放,另一只胳膊抱紧一棵树。
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I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy. [VERB noun prep.]
我用左臂钩住小划艇的船舷。
4 VERB 钓(鱼) If you
hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line.
钓(鱼) 5 N-COUNT [usually adjective NOUN] (通常指拳击运动中的)钩拳 A
hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match.
(通常指拳击运动中的)钩拳 6 V-ERG (使)参与;(使)涉足 If you
are hooked into something, or
hook into something, you get involved with it.
(使)参与;(使)涉足 [mainly US] 7 VERB 连接到(因特网);上(网) If you
hook into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it.
连接到(因特网);上(网) Hook up means the same as
hook .
hook up 同 hook 8 PHRASE 脱离困境;脱身 If someone gets
off the hook or is let
off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in.
脱离困境;脱身 [informal] -
Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.
被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。
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His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hook until he agrees to leave office immediately.
在他同意马上离职之前,他的对手不打算放过他。
9 PHRASE 摘下听筒(不让电话响) If you take a phone
off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring.
摘下听筒(不让电话响) SYN let off, cleared, acquitted, vindicated
10 PHRASE (电话)响个不停 If your phone
is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly.
(电话)响个不停 [US] 11 by hook or by crook→see: crook hook,line and sinker→see: sinker Word Partnership | Use hook with: |
VERB. | bait a hook, hang something from a hook 1 |
ADJ. | sharp hook 1 |
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