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- Rugby the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum, who tries to hook the ball【英橄】（并列争球时站在前排中间的）钩球队员。
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- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a prostitute〈非正式, 主北美〉妓女。
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- a one-masted sailing boat of a kind used especially in Ireland for fishing（尤指在爱尔兰捕鱼用的）单桅帆船。
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- Nautical, informal an old boat【航海】〈非正式〉旧船。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch hoeker, from hoek 'hook' （used earlier in hoekboot, denoting a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel）.