- a piece of metal or other material, curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on钩子, 吊钩, 挂钩：
a picture hook.
一个画钩。
- （亦作fish-hook）a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish（多指带倒刺和鱼饵的）鱼钩。
- a cradle on which a telephone receiver rests电话听筒座。
- figurative a thing designed to catch people's attention〈喻〉吸引人之物, 噱头：
companies are looking for a sales hook.
公司在寻找卖点。
- a catchy chorus or repeated instrumental passage in a piece of music, especially a pop or rock song, which gives it immediate appeal and makes it easy to remember（尤指流行乐、摇滚乐中）合唱（或重复）的乐器演奏片段（以快速吸引人并容易记住）。
- a curved cutting instrument, especially as used for reaping or shearing（尤指用于收割、剪羊毛）弧形切割工具。
- a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid, especially in boxing（尤指拳击中）钩拳：
a perfectly timed right hook to the chin.
非常适时的击中下巴的右钩拳。
- Cricket a stroke made to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height【板球】左曲球。
- Golf a stroke which makes the ball deviate in flight in the direction of the follow-through (from right to left for a right-handed player), typically inadvertently【高尔夫】（多指无意中的）曲线球（使用右手的选手从右边击到左边）。
- a curved stroke in handwriting, especially as made in learning to write（尤指学写字时）弯曲的笔画。
- Music an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note【乐】符尾。
- usu. in place names a curved promontory or sand spit弧形岬（或沙嘴）。
- with obj. and adverbial attach or fasten with a hook or hooks（用钩子）钩住（或固定住）：
the truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate
卡车有盏红灯用钩子挂在后挡板上
she tried to hook up her bra.
她试图把胸罩扣上。
- no obj., with adverbial of place be or become attached with a hook（用钩子）钩住, 挂住：
a ladder that hooks over the roof ridge.
挂在屋脊上的梯子。
- bend or be bent into the shape of a hook so as to fasten around or to an object（弯成钩子的形状）钩在, 钩住：
with obj. he hooked his thumbs in his belt他把大拇指钩拉在腰带上
no obj. her legs hooked around mine.她的腿钩住了我的。
- with obj. Rugby secure (the ball) and pass it backward with the foot in the scrum【英橄】（并列争球时用脚）往后钩传。
- with obj. catch with a hook（用钩子或鱼钩）钩住, 钓住：
he hooked a 24 lb pike.
他钓起了一条24磅重的狗鱼。
- informal （一般作be hooked）captivate〈非正式〉吸引, 迷住：
I was hooked by John's radical zeal.
我被约翰的狂热吸引住了。
- archaic, informal steal〈古, 非正式〉偷窃。
- with obj. Cricket hit (the ball) round to the on side with a horizontal or slightly upward swing of the bat at shoulder height; hit a ball delivered by (the bowler)with such a stroke【板球】击出（左曲球）。
- Golf strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball deviates in the direction of the follow-through, typically inadvertently【高尔夫】（多指无意地）击曲线球。
- no obj. Boxing punch one's opponent with the elbow bent and rigid【拳击】用钩拳击打。
- often in imperative
hook it
Brit. informal, dated run away〈英, 非正式, 旧〉逃走, 逃离。
- no obj. [usu. as noun hooking] informal (of a woman) work as a prostitute〈非正式〉（妇女）当妓女, 卖淫。
by hook or by crook
- by any possible means千方百计：
the government intends, by hook or by crook, to hold on to the land.
政府打算千方百计地保留那块地。
get one's hooks into
- informal get hold of〈非正式〉抓住, 得到; 控制：
they were going to move out rather than let Mel get his hooks into them.
他们打算搬出去而不是让梅尔控制他们。
get（或give someone）the hook
- N. Amer. informal be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job〈北美, 非正式〉被解雇（或解雇某人）。
hook, line, and sinker
- used to emphasize that someone has been completely deceived or tricked完全地, 彻底地（强调被完全欺骗或愚弄）：
he fell hook, line, and sinker for this year's April Fool joke.
在今年的愚人节他成了十足的受愚弄对象。
ORIGIN: with allusion to the taking of bait by a fish.
off the hook
- informal no longer in difficulty or trouble〈非正式〉摆脱困境（或麻烦）：
I lied to get him off the hook.
为了让他摆脱麻烦我撒了谎。
- (of a telephone receiver) not on its rest, and so preventing incoming calls（电话听筒）没挂上（以至于电话无法打入）。
on the hook for
- N. Amer. informal (in a financial context) responsible for〈北美, 非正式〉（金融方面）负责：
he's on the hook for about $9.5 million.
他对约950万美元负责。
on one's own hook
- informal, dated, chiefly US on one's own account; by oneself〈非正式, 旧, 主美〉独立地, 独自地, 单独。
sling one's hook
- usu. in imperative Brit. informal leave; go away〈英, 非正式〉离开; 走开。
hookless
adjectivehooklet
nounhook-like
adjectivehook up
- （亦作hook someone/thing up）link or be linked to electronic equipment（被）连接, 接上：
with obj. Ali was hooked up to an electrocardiograph.阿里接上了心电图机。
- informal (of two people) meet or form a relationship〈非正式〉（两个人）相聚, 交往：
he hooked up with a friend in Budapest.
他在布达佩斯见到了一位朋友。
- engage in or form a casual sexual relationship勾搭; 发生性关系：
hooking up with total strangers can be very dangerous.
勾搭完全的陌生人可能会很危险的。