| 单词 | hook |
| 释义 | hook (once / 245 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4v A hook is a curved piece of metal or other hard material that's used or pulling or holding something. A tow truck is equipped with a large hook to pull cars, and the fictional Captain Hook came equipped with an iron hook to pull off dastardly deeds. There are coat hooks in a classroom, picture hooks on the your walls, and fishhooks for catching trout in a lake. You might have a hook and eye lock on your bedroom door, or enjoy crocheting scarves with yarn and a crochet hook. To catch a fish or a loop of yarn is to hook it. In boxing, a curving, bent-elbow punch is a hook. and in basketball a hook shot is a high, one-handed, sweeping play. WORD FAMILYhook: hooked, hooker, hooking, hooklike, hooks, unhook+/hooker: hookers/hooking: hookings/unhook: unhooked, unhooking, unhooks USAGE EXAMPLESBut the BBL prides itself on the outreach work it does, and Lyons says as soon as they can connect with people, they get hooked. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) In October, Rayaan was hooked up to an IV drip and given nutritional supplements and medicine. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) “They bought everything he said hook, line and sinker,” she said. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1n a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something Syn|Hypo|Hyper claw anchor, ground tackle a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving pothookan S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire tenterhookone of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter grapnel, grapnel anchora light anchor for small boats mooring anchoran anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place mushroom anchoran anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls sheet anchor, waist anchorspare anchor for use in emergency trammelan adjustable pothook set in a fireplace mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles 2n a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something Hypo|Hyper boat hook pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats buttonhooka hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole crotcheta small tool or hooklike implement cup hookhook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups fishhooka sharp barbed hook for catching fish gaffan iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish giga cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting meat hooka strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung skyhooka hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end 3n a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook Syn|Hypo|Hyper crotchet uncus (biology) any hook-shaped process or part curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 4n a catch for locking a door Hyper catch a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window 5v fasten with a hook Ant|Hyper unhook take off a hook fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 6v catch with a hook hook a fish Hypo|Hyper seize hook by a pull on the line catch, grab, take hold of take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of 7v make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle 2Syn|Hyper crochet crochet create by looping or crocheting intertwine, loop make a loop in 1n anything that serves as an enticement Syn|Hyper bait, come-on, lure, sweetener enticement, temptation something that seduces or has the quality to seduce 2v entice and trap Syn|Hyper snare accost, solicit approach with an offer of sexual favors entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion 3v approach with an offer of sexual favors Syn|Hyper accost, solicit snare entice and trap offer make available or accessible, provide or furnish 4v to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) 3Syn|Hyper addict accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something) 1n a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer Syn|Hyper draw, hooking golf shot, golf stroke, swing the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it 2n a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent Hypo|Hyper roundhouse a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug (boxing) a blow with the fist 3n a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket Syn|Hyper hook shot basketball shot throwing the basketball toward the hoop 4v hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left Hyper hit cause to move by striking 5v hit with a hook His opponent hooked him badly Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 6v secure with the foot 4hook the ball Hyper play shoot or hit in a particular manner 1v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent 2v take by theft Syn|Hyper cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve steal take without the owner's consent 3v rip off; ask an unreasonable price Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge undercharge charge (someone) too little money extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring obtain by coercion or intimidation bleedget or extort (money or other possessions) from someone cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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