crook
noun/krʊk/
/krʊk/
Idioms - (informal) a dishonest person
骗子 - That salesman is a real crook.
那推销员真是个骗子。 - The film portrays a world of small-time crooks, petty crime and drinking clubs.
那部电影描绘的世界里有不高明的骗子、不严重的犯罪和饮酒俱乐部。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small-time
- corporate
- catch
- That salesman is a real crook.
- crook of your arm/elbow the place where your arm bends at the elbow
臂弯；肘弯 - He was carrying a gun in the crook of his arm.
他臂弯里挎着一把枪。
- He was carrying a gun in the crook of his arm.
- a long stick with a hook (= a curved part) at one end, used by shepherds for catching sheep
（牧羊人捕羊用的）曲柄杖
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘hooked tool or weapon’): from Old Norse krókr ‘hook’. A noun sense ‘deceit, guile, trickery’ (compare with crooked) was recorded in Middle English but was obsolete by the 17th cent. The Australian senses are abbreviations of crooked.
Idioms
by hook or by crook
- using any method you can, even a dishonest one
想方设法；不择手段