词源
abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) '(wine) from Hochheim'.
短语
in hock
1
- having been pawned在典当中。
1.1
- in debt负债:
East European states in hock to Western bankers.
欠西方银行家债的东欧国家。
词源
mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok 'hutch, prison, debt'.