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hank

/hangk/US // hæŋk //UK // (hæŋk) //

汉克

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a skein, as of thread or yarn.
    • : a definite length of thread or yarn: A hank of cotton yarn measures 840 yards.
    • : a coil, knot, or loop: a hank of hair.
    • : Nautical. a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. to fasten by means of hanks.

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Examples

  • She made headlines last week by accusing Hank’s team of offering her $5 million to drop out of the race – an allegation Hank denied.

  • Hank is the former mayor of Tijuana, owner of the Tijuana Xolos soccer team and a gambling magnate.

  • Ex-AIG CEO Maurice ‘Hank’ Greenberg is in court seeking $40 billion from the government over its massive bailout.

  • And sitting down is a bald man who looks like Hank from Breaking Bad.

  • Hank was not hit but the U.S. soldier was shot multiple times in his legs.

  • "Palmer has earned the right to be a hero here," Orioles general manager Hank Peters once said.

  • Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson, Coleman Young—Wheeler wrote all their autobigraphies.

  • I held up my two hands and she put the hank over them, and went on talking about her and her husband's matters.

  • She went and got the lump of lead and fetched it back, and brought along a hank of yarn which she wanted me to help her with.

  • Smith and Godby were on one Hank, and Wheeler, cautiously feeling his way, hung dangerously upon the other.

  • Hank Butts sat midway down on the deck-house, yawning as though he would like to turn in.

  • Skipper Tom Halstead now came forward, though he did not take the wheel from Hank.