hook

hook
noun
  1. a piece of metal or other material, curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on
    钩子，吊钩，挂钩
    a picture hook.
    一个图画钩。
    ■(亦作 fish-hook)a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish
    鱼钩（多指带刺和鱼饵的）
    ■a cradle on which a telephone receiver rests
    电话听筒座
    ■(figurative)a thing designed to catch people's attention
    (喻)吸引人之物，噱头
    companies are looking for a sales hook.
    公司在寻找卖点。
    ■a chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of music, especially a pop or rock song, which gives it immediate appeal and makes it easy to remember
    （尤指流行乐、摇滚乐中）合唱（或重复）的乐器演奏片段（以快速吸引人并容易记住）
  2. a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing
    （尤指用于收割、剪羊毛）弧形切割工具
  3. a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid, especially in boxing
    （尤指拳击中）钩拳
    a perfectly timed right hook to the chin.
    非常适时的击中下巴的右钩拳。
    ■(Cricket)a stroke made to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height
    (板球)左曲球
    ■(Golf)a stroke which makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently
    (高尔夫)（多指无意中的）曲线球（使用右手的选手从右边击到左边）
  4. a curved stroke in handwriting, especially as made in learning to write
    （尤指学写字时）书写的弯曲笔画
    ■(Music)an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note
    (乐)符尾
  5. [usu. in place names]a curved promontory or sand spit
    弧形岬（或沙嘴）
verb
  1. [with obj. and adverbial]attach or fasten with a hook or hooks
    （用钩子）钩住（或固定住）
    the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate.
    卡车有盏红灯用钩子钩在后挡板上。
    she tried to hook up her bra.
    她试图把胸罩扣上。
    ■[no obj. with adverbial of place]be or become attached with a hook
    （用钩子）钩住，挂住
    a ladder that hooks over the roof ridge.
    挂在屋脊上的梯子。
    ■bend or be bent into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object
    （弯成钩子的形状）钩在，钩住
    [with obj.]he hooked his thumbs in his belt.
    他把大拇指钩在腰带上。
    [no obj.]her legs hooked around mine.
    她的腿钩住了我的。
    ■[with obj.](Rugby)secure (the ball) and pass it backward with the foot in the scrum
    (英橄)（并列争球时用脚）往后钩传
  2. [with obj.]catch with a hook
    （用钩子或鱼钩）钩住，钓住
    he hooked a 24 lb pike.
    他钓了一条24磅重的狗鱼。
    ■(informal)(一般作 be hooked)captivate
    (非正式)吸引，迷住
    I was hooked by John's radical zeal.
    我被约翰的狂热吸引住了。
    ■(archaic, informal)steal
    (古，非正式)偷窃
  3. [with obj.](Cricket)hit (the ball) round to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height; hit a ball delivered by (the bowler) with such a stroke
    (板球)击出（左曲球）
    ■(Golf)strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently
    (高尔夫)（多指无意地）曲线击球
    ■[no obj.](Boxing)punch one's opponent with the elbow bent and rigid
    (拳击)用钩拳击打
  4. [often in imperative](hook it)(Brit. informal, dated)run away
    (英，非正式，旧)逃走， 逃离
常用词组
by hook or by crook
  1. by any possible means
    千方百计
    the government intends, by hook or by crook, to hold on to the land.
    政府打算千方百计地保留那块地。
get one's hooks into
  1. (informal)get hold of
    (非正式)抓住，得到；控制
    they were going to move out rather than let Mel get his hooks into them.
    他们打算搬出去而不是让梅尔控制他们。
get (或 give someone) the hook
  1. (N. Amer. informal)be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job
    (北美，非正式)被解雇（或解雇某人）
hook, line, and sinker
  1. used to emphasize that someone has been completely deceived or tricked
    完全地，彻底地（强调某人被完全欺骗或愚弄）
    he fell hook, line, and sinker for this year's April Fool joke.
    在今年的愚人节他成了十足的受愚弄对象。
off the hook
  1. (informal)no longer in difficulty or trouble
    (非正式)摆脱困境（或麻烦）
    I lied to get him off the hook.
    为了让他摆脱麻烦我撒了谎。
  2. (of a telephone receiver) not on its rest, and so preventing incoming calls
    （电话听筒）没挂上（以防电话打入）
on the hook for
  1. (N. Amer. informal)(in a financial context) responsible for
    (北美，非正式)（金融方面）负责
    he's on the hook for about $9.5 million.
    他对约950万美元负责。
on one's own hook
  1. (informal, dated, chiefly US)on one's own account; by oneself
    (非正式，旧，主美)独立地，独自地，单独
sling one's hook
  1. [usu. in imperative](Brit. informal)leave; go away
    (英，非正式)离开；走开
派生
hookless
adjective
hooklet
noun
hook-like
adjective
语源
  1. Old English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek 'corner, angle, projecting piece of land', also to German Haken 'hook'
继承用法
hook someone/thing up (或 hook up)
  1. link or be linked to electronic equipment
    连至电子仪器上
    Ali was hooked up to an electrocardiograph.
    阿里被连到了心电图仪上。
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