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crotchet

/kroch-it/US // ˈkrɒtʃ ɪt //UK // (ˈkrɒtʃɪt) //

钩针,钩编,钩画,钩住

Related Words

peculiarity特异性,独特之处,特殊性,独特的地方whim心血来潮,突发奇想,灵感,突发事件freak怪胎,怪人,怪异,怪咖vagary流言蜚语,变幻莫测,变幻无常,飘忽不定trait特质,特点,特征,特质是fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的caprice任性,任情,任性的,任意妄为eccentricity偏心率,偏心,偏心度,偏心量notion观念,概念,理念,观点

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an odd fancy or whimsical notion.
    • : a small hook.
    • : a hooklike device or part.
    • : Entomology. a small, hooklike process.
    • : Music. Chiefly British. a quarter note.
    • : a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
caprice任性,任情,任性的,任意妄为eccentricity偏心率,偏心,偏心度,偏心量fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的freak怪胎,怪人,怪异,怪咖notion观念,概念,理念,观点peculiarity特异性,独特之处,特殊性,独特的地方trait特质,特点,特征,特质是vagary流言蜚语,变幻莫测,变幻无常,飘忽不定whim心血来潮,突发奇想,灵感,突发事件

Examples

  • Mr. Webster could not have hit my crotchet more exactly, if he had taken aim at it on purpose.

  • Mediocrity had only seen the gawky stripling, with his moonstruck air, and pestilent habit of trying some new crotchet.

  • Where these means fail, and it is impossible to extract the child alive, the blunt hook or crotchet must be employed.

  • She put her foot down 29 on this little crotchet, and pressed this passing desire out of sight.

  • I have hinted to you about this crotchet of poor Charles for a long time; I was forced to do so.

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