hook
noun/hʊk/
/hʊk/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging things on, catching fish with, etc.钩；钓钩；挂钩；鱼钩 - a picture/curtain/coat hook
挂图钩；窗帘钩；挂衣钩 - a fish hook
鱼钩 - Hang your towel on the hook.
把你的毛巾挂在钩上。 - The key was hanging from a hook.
钥匙挂在钩子上。 - Your coat’s hanging on a hook behind the door.
你的外套挂在门后的挂钩上。
Wordfinder- bait
- bite
- dragnet
- fishing
- fly
- hook
- line
- net
- rod
- trawl
- a picture/curtain/coat hook
- (in boxing) a short hard hit that is made with the elbow bent
钩拳 - a left hook to the jaw
击向下颌的一记左钩拳
- a left hook to the jaw
- (in cricket and golf) a way of hitting the ball so that it curves to the side instead of going straight ahead (usually by mistake in golf, but deliberately in cricket)
（高尔夫球）左曲球，内弯球；（板球）曲线球 - a thing that is used to make people interested in something
吸引人的事物；诱饵 - The images are used as a hook to get children interested in science.
这些图像用以吸引孩子们对科学产生兴趣。 - Well-chosen quotations can serve as a hook to catch the reader’s interest.
精心挑选的引文可以作为吸引读者兴趣的钩子。
- The images are used as a hook to get children interested in science.
Word OriginOld English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’.
Idioms
by hook or by crook
- using any method you can, even a dishonest one
想方设法；不择手段
hook, line and sinker
- completely
完全；全面；整体地 - What I said was not true, but he fell for it (= believed it) hook, line and sinker.
我的话并非实话，但他完全相信了。
- What I said was not true, but he fell for it (= believed it) hook, line and sinker.
off the hook
- having got free from a difficult situation or a punishment
摆脱困境；逃脱惩罚 - I lied to get him off the hook.
我撒谎是为了让他免受惩罚。 - No way will she let you off the hook this time.
这次她绝对不会放过你的。 - I was finally off the hook.
我终于摆脱了困境。
- I lied to get him off the hook.
- (becoming old-fashioned) if you leave or take a landline phone off the hook, you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you
（为防止电话接入而使听筒）不挂上
on the hook for something
- (North American English, informal) responsible for paying for something
买东西的责任：负责买东西 - Citizens are increasingly on the hook for more of their own medical costs.
公民越来越多地承担自己的医疗费用。
- Citizens are increasingly on the hook for more of their own medical costs.
ring off the hook
- (usually used in the progressive tenses) (of a phone) to ring many times, with one phone call after another
响个不停；来电接连不断 - The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.
表示愿意提供援助的电话接连不断。
- The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.
sling your hook
- (British English, informal) (used especially in orders) to go away
走开；滚蛋