| 释义 |
hookup
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: hook up
1. : a group or number of items cooperating or acting together: as
a. : an assemblage (as of apparatus or circuits) used for a specific purpose (as radio transmission or reception; also : the general scheme or plan of such an assemblage
b. : a sequence or arrangement of communicating and usually interacting parts (as the steering gear or brake mechanism of an automobile)
< the stoker hookup on the furnace >
2. : the establishment of a hookup : a linking of two or more items into an interacting whole: as
a. : an assembling of parts into a functional whole
< finished the hookup of the new pump >
b. : a midair recoupling of a parasite fighter airplane to the belly of the bomber from which it was previously launched
3. : the end of a line transposed to the line above and preceded by a left-hand bracket
< hookups are sometimes necessary in narrow-measure setting >
4. : a state of cooperation or alliance between diverse and often supposedly mutually antagonistic elements
< explaining the hookup between politics and crime >
< a hookup designed to protect the sovereignty of small nations > |