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on the hook

/hook/US // hʊk //

上钩,上钩了,上钩后,上钩的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
    • : a fishhook.
    • : anything that catches; snare; trap.
    • : something that attracts attention or serves as an enticement: The product is good but we need a sales hook to get people to buy it.
    • : something having a sharp curve, bend, or angle at one end, as a mark or symbol.
    • : a sharp curve or angle in the length or course of anything.
    • : a curved arm of land jutting into the water; a curved peninsula: Sandy Hook.
    • : a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an animal or plant.
    • : a small curved catch inserted into a loop to form a clothes fastener.
    • : Sports. the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.a ball describing such a path.
    • : Boxing. a short, circular punch delivered with the elbow bent.
    • : Music. Also called flag, pennant. a stroke or line attached to the stem of eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.an appealing melodic phrase, orchestral ornament, refrain, etc., often important to a popular song's commercial success.
    • : Metalworking. an accidental short bend formed in a piece of bar stock during rolling.
    • : hooks, Slang. hands or fingers: Get your hooks off that cake!
    • : Underworld Slang. a pickpocket.
    • : Also called deck hook .Nautical. a triangular plate or knee that binds together the stringers and plating at each end of a vessel.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to seize, fasten, suspend from, pierce, or catch hold of and draw with or as if with a hook.
    • : to catch with a fishhook.
    • : Slang. to steal or seize by stealth.
    • : Informal. to catch or trick by artifice; snare.
    • : to catch on the horns or attack with the horns.
    • : to catch hold of and draw through cloth with or as if with a hook.
    • : to make in this fashion.
    • : Sports. to hit or throw so that a hook results.
    • : Boxing. to deliver a hook with: The champion hooked a right to his opponent's jaw.
    • : Rugby. to push backward with the foot in scrummage from the front line.
    • : to make hook-shaped; crook.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become attached or fastened by or as if by a hook.
    • : to curve or bend like a hook.
    • : Sports. to hook the ball. to describe a hook in course.
    • : Slang. to depart hastily: We'd better hook for home.
  1. 1
    • : hook up, to fasten with a hook or hooks.to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine: to hook up a stereo system.to connect to a central source, as of power or water: The house hasn't been hooked up to the city's water system yet.Informal.to join, meet, or become associated with: He never had a decent job until he hooked up with this company.Informal.to have casual sex or a romantic date without a long-term commitment: He doesn't know her very well, but he hooked up with her a couple of times.Slang.to supply something scarce or illicit to: My supply of painkillers is totally dry—do you know somebody who can hook me up?The concert is sold out, but my sister knows a guy in the band, so we’re hoping she can hook us up with some tickets.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inresponsible
Synonyms
answerable可回答,可回答的,可以回答的,可以回答culpable应受惩罚的,应受处罚的,应受谴责的,有罪的guilty有罪的,有罪,有罪的人,内疚important重要,重要的,重要的是,很重要liable有责任的,有责任,有义务,有义务的pledged认捐的,认捐,认捐了,认购subject主题,课题,题目,题材at fault错,错了,负有责任at the helm掌舵人,掌舵者,掌舵,掌舵的是authoritative权威性,权威的,权威,权威性的bonded绑定的,粘合的,担保的,绑定bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的bound to绑定到,势必,势在必得,势在必行carrying the load负重前行,负重,负重前进,承载重任censurable可审查的,可审查,可以审查的,可审查性chargeable可收费的,收费的,可收费,收费compelled被迫,被迫的,迫不得已,被强迫的constrained受约束的,被约束的,拘束的,被限制的contracted签约的,签订合同的,签约,签订合同decision-making决策,决策层,决策制定,决策性devolving on转移到,转移到了,转变为,转化到duty-bound有责任的,有责任,有责任感,有义务engaged从事,从事的,从事的工作,参与的executive行政,执行,行政人员,行政部门exposed暴露的,暴露在外的,暴露在外面的,暴露在外fettered羁绊,羁绊的,束缚的,束缚hampered受阻碍的,受阻的,受到阻碍的,受阻held举行,举行的,持有,持有的high高,很高,高度,较高in authority当权者,当权者中,有权有势,当局in control在控制,控制中,在控制中,在控制方面incumbent现任,在职者,任职者,现任的minding the store管好自己的店,管好店面,管好自己的店面,管好店家obligated有义务,有义务的,有责任的,有责任obliged有义务,有义务的,义务,有责任的open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的susceptive易受影响的,易受影响,易感性,易受感染sworn to宣誓,宣过誓的,宣誓的,发誓tied并列的,捆绑的,并列,捆绑to blame责备,指责,归咎于,怪罪于under contract根据合同,根据合约,根据合同规定,按合同规定under obligation有义务,有责任,义务,义务下

Examples

  • Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.

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  • “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

  • You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

  • Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.

  • Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.

  • I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.