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N-COUNT
钩;吊钩;挂钩
A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up.
例句
One of his jackets hung from a hook.
他的一件夹克衫挂在衣钩上。
...curtain hooks...
窗帘挂钩
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V-ERG
（用钩）吊住，挂住，固定
If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there.
例句
Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.
保罗把自己的拖拉机挂在汽车上，然后把它拉到了安全的地方。
...one of those can openers that hooked onto the wall.
那些挂在墙上的开罐器中的一个
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VERB
（用手臂、腿或脚）钩住，绕住
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.
例句
She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree...
她拽住他的胳膊不放，另一只胳膊抱紧一棵树。
I hooked my left arm over the side of the dinghy.
我用左臂钩住小划艇的船舷。
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VERB
钓（鱼）
If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line.
例句
At the first cast I hooked a huge fish.
第一次抛下钓线，我就钓了一条大鱼。
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N-COUNT
（通常指拳击运动中的）钩拳
A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match.
例句
Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
刘易斯无论如何得躲开拉多克凌厉的左钩拳才行。
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V-ERG
（使）参与;（使）涉足
If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it.
例句
I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles...
我现在又是在猜测了，因为我没有涉足政界。
Eager to hook into a career but can't find one right for you?
急于干一番事业，但又找不到适合自己的？
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VERB
连接到（因特网）;上（网）
If you hook into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it.
例句
...an interactive media tent where people will be able to hook into the internet.
人们可以上网的互动式媒体帐篷区
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PHRASE
脱离困境;脱身
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.
例句
Government officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity...
被指控贪污受贿的政府官员无一例外总能脱身。
His opponents have no intention of letting him off the hook until he agrees to leave office immediately.
在他同意马上离职之前，他的对手不打算放过他。
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PHRASE
摘下听筒（不让电话响）
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.
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PHRASE
（电话）响个不停
If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly.
例句
Since war broke out, the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook.
自从战争爆发以来，捐赠中心的电话就一直响个不停。
Noun
1. a catch for locking a door
2. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
3. anything that serves as an enticement
4. a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
5. a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
6. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;
"he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"7. a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
8. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
Verb
1. fasten with a hook
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
3. make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle;
"She sat there crocheting all day"4. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
5. take by theft;
"Someone snitched my wallet!"6. make off with belongings of others
7. hit with a hook;
"His opponent hooked him badly"8. catch with a hook;
"hook a fish"9. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
10. secure with the foot;
"hook the ball"11. entice and trap;
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"12. approach with an offer of sexual favors;
"he was solicited by a prostitute""The young man was caught soliciting in the park"