hook /hʊk/ CET4 TEM4 ( hooking, hooked, hooks )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. 钩子

  例：

  One of his jackets hung from a hook.

  他的一件夹克衫挂在挂钩上。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there. 挂; 钩

  例：

  Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.

  保罗把他的拖拉机挂在那辆小汽车上，然后把它拖到安全的地方。

• 3. 

  V-T If you hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it. 使 (臂、腿、脚等) 成钩状

  例：

  She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree.

  她一只手抓住他的胳膊，另一只胳膊抱住一棵树。

• 4. 

  V-T If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line. 用鱼钩钓住

  例：

  At the first cast I hooked a huge fish, probably a tench.

  第一次抛竿我就钓到了一条大鱼，可能是条丁鲷。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. (拳击中的) 钩拳

  例：

  Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.

  刘易斯务必要拼命躲开拉多克强有力的左钩拳。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. 卷入; 涉足 [美国英语]

  例：

  I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles.

  现在我又在猜测了，因为我没有涉足政界。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. 脱身 [非正式]

  例：

  Officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.

  被指控受贿和贪污的官员无一例外总能脱身。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring. (电话听筒) 未挂上

  例：

  I'd taken my phone off the hook in order to get some sleep.

  我把电话听筒拿了下来，以便可以睡会儿觉。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. (电话) 响个不停

  例：

  Since war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing off the hook.

  自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。