1. 钩;吊钩;挂钩
A hookis a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up.

e.g. One of his jackets hung from a hook.
他的一件夹克衫挂在衣钩上。
e.g. ...curtain hooks...
窗帘挂钩

2. （用钩）吊住，挂住，固定
If you hookone thing toanother, you attach it there using a hook. If something hookssomewhere, it can be hooked there.

e.g. Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.
保罗把自己的拖拉机挂在汽车上，然后把它拉到了安全的地方。
e.g. ...one of those can openers that hooked onto the wall.
那些挂在墙上的开罐器中的一个

3. （用手臂、腿或脚）钩住，绕住
If you hookyour arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it.

hook的近义词

e.g. She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree...
她拽住他的胳膊不放，另一只胳膊抱紧一棵树。
e.g. I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy.
我用左臂钩住小划艇的船舷。

4. 钓（鱼）
If you hooka fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line.

hook是什么意思

e.g. At the first cast I hooked a huge fish.
第一次抛下钓线，我就钓了一条大鱼。

5. （通常指拳击运动中的）钩拳
A hookis a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match.

e.g. Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
刘易斯无论如何得躲开拉多克凌厉的左钩拳才行。

6. （使）参与;（使）涉足
If you are hooked intosomething, or hook intosomething, you get involved with it.

e.g. I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles...
我现在又是在猜测了，因为我没有涉足政界。
e.g. Eager to hookinto a career but can't find one right for you?
急于干一番事业，但又找不到适合自己的？

7. 连接到（因特网）;上（网）
If you hook intothe Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it.

e.g. ...an interactive media tent where people will be able to hookinto the internet.
人们可以上网的互动式媒体帐篷区

8. 脱离困境;脱身
If someone gets off the hookor is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in.

e.g. Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hookwith monotonous regularity...
被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。
e.g. His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hookuntil he agrees to leave office immediately.
在他同意马上离职之前，他的对手不打算放过他。

9. 摘下听筒（不让电话响）
If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring.

hook的意思

10. （电话）响个不停
If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly.

e.g. Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook.
自从战争爆发以来，捐赠中心的电话就一直响个不停。

11. by hookor by crook -> see crook;line;and sinker
hook -> see sinker

相关词组：hook up

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1. hook up : 以钩钩住；

2. on the hook : 陷入圈套；

3. on one's own hook : 独自地；

4. hook it : 逃走；

5. hook in : 以钩钩住；

6. go on the hook for : 为...背债, 为...冒险；

7. get the hook : 被解雇；

8. hook on to : 钩住；

• The stable lantern hung from a bacon hook in the beam.

  出自：J. Cary

• The sociology becomes just a hook for some sly and witty observations.

  出自：City Limits

• I have lost every trout I ever hooked.

  出自：R. Brautigan