1 a curved piece of metal, plastic, etc that is used for hanging sth on or for catching fish 钩;鱼钩:
Put your coat on the hook over there.把你的外套挂在那边的钩子上。a fish-hook鱼钩
2 (used in boxing) a way of hitting sb that is done with the arm bent (拳击比赛)钩拳:
a right hook (= with the right arm)右钩拳
off the hook (used about the top part of a telephone) not in position, so that telephone calls cannot be received (指电话听筒)没有挂好(因此电话打不进来)
get/let sb off the hook(informal 非正式) to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or punishment 使摆脱困境或惩罚:
My father paid the money I owed and got me off the hook.爸爸帮我还了债,为我解了围。
hook²
/hʊk ||; hυk/verb
1 [I,T] to fasten or catch sth with a hook or sth in the shape of a hook; to be fastened in this way (被或用钩)钩;(被或用钩状物)钩(住) ·
We hooked the trailer to the back of the car.我们将拖车钩在汽车后面。The curtain simply hooks onto the rail.窗帘给栏杆钩住了。
2 [T] to put sth through a hole in sth else (将某物)穿过…:
Hook the rope through your belt.将绳子从你的皮带穿过去。
hook (sth) up (to sth) to connect sb/sth to a piece of electronic equipment or to a power supply 将…接上电子设备或电源
hook1/hUk; hʊk/n [C]1 a curved piece of metal or plastic, used for hanging things on 挂钩﹐吊钩: Tom hung his coat on the hook. 汤姆把他的外套挂在了衣钩上。2 a curved piece of metal, for example for catching fish 钓钩﹐鱼钩3 let/get sb off the hook to allow or help someone to get out of a difficult situation 让/帮助某人脱离困境4 off the hook if the telephone is off the hook, the part that you speak into is not in its correct position, and people cannot call you〔电话听筒〕未挂好5 a way of hitting your opponent in BOXING , with your elbow bent〔拳击中的〕钩拳: left/right hook 左/右钩拳
hook2v [T] 1 to fasten or hang something onto or around something else 把…固定在…﹔吊﹐挂: hook sth onto/to etc sth Hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down. 把桶拴在绳子上放下去。2 to bend your finger, arm, or leg around something, so that you are holding or pulling it 屈起〔手指﹑胳膊或腿〕﹔钩﹔绕: hook sth through/in/over etc sth Ruth hooked her arm through Tony's. 露丝钩住托尼的胳膊。3 to catch a fish 钓〔鱼〕: He hooked a 20-lb salmon. 他钓了一条 20 磅重的鲑鱼。hook up phr v 1 hook sb/sth up to connect someone or something to a machine or piece of equipment 把…连接到〔机器或设备〕: +to Millions of people are now hooked up to the Internet. 现在有数百万人连上了因特网。2 AmE informal if people hook up, they meet, start having a relationship, or start working together【美,非正式】与…交往﹔与…合作: +with He’d just hooked up with Angela. 他刚刚开始和安杰拉交往。
hookhookhookshookedhookingnouna curved piece of metal or plastic for hanging things on, or for catching fish with: Hang your coat on that hook.a fish hookoff the hookIf a telephone is off the hook, the part that you speak into (called the receiver) is not in place so that the telephone will not ring.