单词 | hock |
释义 | hock (hɒk ) Word forms: hocks 1. mass noun Hock is a type of dry white wine from Germany. [mainly British] ...a glass of hock. 2. countable noun The hock of an animal, especially a horse, is the joint in its back leg that points backwards. 3. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A hock is a piece of meat from above the foot of an animal, especially a pig. ...ham hocks with garlic and mustard sauce. 4. in hock phrase If someone is in hock, they are in debt. Even company directors on £100,000 a year can be deeply in hock to the banks. 5. in hock to phrase If you are in hock to someone, you feel you have to do things for them because they have given you money or support. He is in hock to the bank just like his British counterpart. |
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