hook
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- 2.
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- 3.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- 4.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- 5.
The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- 6.
A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- 7.
A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- 8.
A snare; a trap.
- 9.
An advantageous hold.
- 10.
(in plural)(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- 11.
(informal)Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook.
- 12.
(agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To attach a hook to.
Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.
- 2.
(intransitive)To become attached, as by a hook.
The utensil holder hooks onto the side of the dishrack.
- 3.
(transitive)To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.
- 4.
(transitive)To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- 5.
(transitive)To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
He hooked his fingers through his belt loops.
- 6.
(transitive)To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
She's only here to try to hook a husband.
A free trial is a good way to hook customers.
- 7.
(UK, US, archaic, slang)To steal.
- 8.
(transitive)To connect (hook into, hook together).
If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.
- 9.
(usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.
I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.
- 10.
To acquire as a spouse.
- 11.
(cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- 12.
(rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (angle, point, hook), from *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (hook), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (peg, hook, claw).