| 单词 | on the hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the hook b. figurative. That by which any one is attracted or ensnared and caught; a snare; a catch. on the hook: (in various figurative uses, e.g.) ensnared, in the power (of someone); in one's grasp; attached to some occupation, habit, etc. Cf. off the hook at Phrases 2f. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > enticement or deceit > one who or that which Circec1405 hook1430 stalea1529 the mind > possession > [phrase] > in one's possession and control > in one's power or clutches on the hook1641 society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > in power of some person or thing on the hook1641 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > in the habit (of) > addicted to a habit or action on the hook1932 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. i. 146 b Marius layd out hoke and lyne As I haue told, Metellus to confound. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xiii. 2 Ffarewell, Love..Thy bayted hookes shall tangill me no more. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C4v I am to seeke wherefore he suffered Parry to play so long..on the hooke before he hoysed him up. 1743 Visct. Bolingbroke Remarks Hist. Eng. xxiii. 293 This Solomon..catch'd at the Bait, which was thrown out to Him, and hung fast on the Hook for seven Years together. 1893 J. S. Farmer Slang Hook,..3..A catch; an advantage; an imposture. 1895 Daily News 2 Jan. 5/1 We often..have a perfectly visible hook offered to us, in a young lady, a speculation..or what not. 1927 H. Crane Let. 12 Aug. (1965) 304 I do hope that I can count on your assistance to the extent of the monthly amount until I can get something on my hook. 1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses xii. 233 Presently Angela was again on the hook in twenty score of composing-rooms. 1958 ‘J. Brogan’ Cummings Rep. xii. 126 She had made me wretchedly conscious of my shortcomings; that is how she had me on the hook. 1963 ‘D. Rutherford’ Creeping Flesh i. 72 ‘He really is on the hook.’ ‘The hook?’ ‘This drug habit.’ 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 60 Poor bastard might as well have been fined today as kept on the hook. < as lemmas |
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