hock
hock1noun- 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
- a knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham
(尤指猪肉,火腿的)肘子
语源- late Middle English: variant of hough
hock2noun- [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- abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) ('wine) from Hochheim'
hock3verb- [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- 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- mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok 'hutch, prison, debt'
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