| 单词 | hook |
| 释义 | hook (hʊk ) Word forms: hooks , hooking , hooked 1. countable noun B2 A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. One of his jackets hung from a hook. ...curtain hooks. He felt a fish pull at his hook. Synonyms: fastener, catch, link, lock 2. verb If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there. Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety. [V n + to/onto] ...one of those can openers that hooked onto the wall. [V + onto] Synonyms: fasten, fix, secure, catch 3. verb 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. She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree. [VERB noun preposition] I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: curl, curve, crook, loop 4. verb If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line. At the first cast I hooked a huge fish. [VERB noun] 5. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. He was knocked down by a left hook in the first round. 6. verb If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. [mainly US] I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles. [be/get V-ed + into] Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you? [VERB + into] 7. verb If you hook into the internet, you make a connection with the internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it. ...an interactive media tent where people will be able to hook into the internet. [VERB + into] Hook up means the same as hook. It has no mobile connectivity, which means that users must rely on wi-fi to hook up to the internet. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 8. to let someone off the hook phrase 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. [informal] He had told a lie to get off the hook in a debate. Sometimes they do let the culprits off the hook. 9. off the hook phrase 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. Synonyms: let off, cleared, acquitted, vindicated 10. ringing off the hook phrase If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to phone you that it is ringing constantly. [US] Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook. 11. by hook or by crook phrase If someone says they will do something by hook or by crook, they are determined to do it, even if they have to make a great effort or use dishonest means. They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook. Synonyms: by any means, somehow, somehow or other, someway 12. hook, line, and sinker phrase You can use hook, line, and sinker to emphasize that someone is tricked or forced into a situation completely. [emphasis] We fell for it hook, line, and sinker. I was caught hook, line and sinker. Synonyms: completely, totally, entirely, thoroughly Phrasal verbs: hook up 1. hook [sense 7] 2. phrasal verb When someone hooks up a computer or other electronic machine, they connect it to other similar machines or to a central power supply. ...technicians who hook up computer systems and networks. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He brought it down, hooked it up, and we got the generator going. [VERB noun PARTICLE] ...if the machine is hooked up to an apartment's central wiring system. [be V-ed P + to] 3. reciprocal phrasal verb If one person, especially a musician, hooks up with another, the two people start working with each other. You can also say that two people hook up. Getting hooked up with an NBA team is usually about being in the right place at the right time. [VERB PARTICLE with noun] Seeing as how we got on so well together, it just seemed natural that we should hook up. [plural-noun VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: do something by hook or by crook to do something even if it is very difficult for you, or you have to use dishonest means If a man took Antonia's fancy, she would go out of her way to get him by hook or by crook. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sling your hook [British] to go away The team is entering a new era and if Richardson doesn't want to be part of it then he should sling his hook. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers ring off the hook [mainly US] if your telephone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to call you that it is ringing all the time His phone started ringing off the hook as banks and financial institutions begged for his help. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on your own hook [US] alone, without any help St. Mary's Hospital does not meet incoming flights with its own vehicle. Patients come on their own hook. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get off the hook to manage to get out of the awkward situation you are in without being punished or blamed We cannot let the government get off the hook for what it has done. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: left hook The punching president missed with a wild left hook and then kicked and swore while being restrained by a security guard. The Sun He also fired a reminder that he could pose a threat with a left hook that hit the target. The Sun He has a good jab, a right hand, a decent left hook. The Sun He then continued to batter away at him until a short left hook finished matters in the seventh. Times,Sunday Times Sometimes people with a fairly powerful left hook. The Sun A better-quality feeder with a metal hook and small metal perches was commandeered by the starlings. Times, Sunday Times A metal hook was found in the cranium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Players use a metal hook, and have to hang it from rings suspended above them in order to swing from beam to beam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The metal hook system for the rolling stock has since been replaced by magnetic connectors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Note that metal hooks are much better at holding up your stockings than plastic ones. Times, Sunday Times Roach are infamous for their ability to throw the hook during retrieval, which perpetuates the idea that larger roach are notoriously difficult to bank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the opponent lunges in, the boxer should throw the hook and pivot on his lead foot and swing his back foot 180 degrees around. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, a boxer rotating his shoulders to throw a hook would be telegraphing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I went for the net, but it made a desperate lunge, threw the hook from its jaw, and disappeared into the depths. Christianity Today He ended his career without ever throwing a hook or uppercut, relying solely on a jab and straight right. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even the missing piece of bodywork in the river turned out to be only a plastic tow hook cover. Times, Sunday Times More bizarre claims include 9,500 to an officer who tripped over a car's tow hook. The Sun With the new take-off technique, the pilot no longer has to pick up the banner in the tow hook - a time-consuming and technically demanding manoeuvre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both can be equipped with a tow hook to tow gliders aloft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had no tow hook. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 钩子, 钩 Japanese: フック, フックで留める |
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