hock

hock1
noun
  1. the joint in a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backwards
    (四足动物的)跗关节,后踝
  2. a knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham
    (尤指猪肉,火腿的)肘子
语源
  1. late Middle English: variant of hough

hock2
noun
  1. [mass noun](Brit.)a dry white wine from the German Rhineland
    (英)霍克酒(德国莱茵区产的一种干白葡萄酒)
语源
  1. abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) ('wine) from Hochheim'

hock3
verb
  1. [with obj.](informal)deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent
    (非正式)典当,抵押
常用词组
in hock
  1. having been pawned
    在典当中
    ■in debt
    负债
    East European states in hock to Western bankers.
    欠西方银行家债的东欧国家。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok 'hutch, prison, debt'
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