crook

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n. 钩, 弯曲部分, 坏蛋 vt. 使弯曲, 诈骗 vi. 弯曲

发音

AU /kɹʊk/
其它 /kɹʉk/
SCOT /kɹʉk/

词形变化

crooks 复数 crooks crooked crooketh crooking crooks 三单 crooking 现在分词 crooked 过去式 crooked 过去分词 crooker 比较级 crooker crookest crookest 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

骗子，坏蛋；弯处，弯曲部分；钩状物

动词

使弯曲；欺骗，诈骗

动词

弯曲，成钩形

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

    She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

  2. 2.

    A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

  3. 3.

    A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

    the crook of a cane

  4. 4.

    A lock or curl of hair.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.

    Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort.

  7. 7.

    A bishop's standard staff of office.

  8. 8.

    An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.

  9. 9.

    A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

    骗子

    1973 November 17, Richard Nixon, reported 1973 November 18, The Washington Post, Nixon Tells Editors, ‘I'm Not a Crook’, "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I′m not a crook. I′ve earned everything I′ve got."

  10. 10.

    A pothook.

  11. 11.

    A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

    音乐
v.
  1. 1.

    To bend, or form into a hook.

    及物

    He crooked his finger toward me.

  2. 2.

    To become bent or hooked.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语

    That work you did on my car is crook, mate.

    Not turning up for training was pretty crook.

  2. 2.

    Ill, sick.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语

    I′m feeling a bit crook.

  3. 3.

    Annoyed, angry; upset.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语

    be crook at/about; go crook at

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

turn criminal bend twist outlaw felon malefactor

上位词 3

staff principal curve

下位词 10

tough murderer thief traitor punk hood gangster fugitive runner rapist
动词

同义词 1

curve

上位词 2

bend flex

下位词 1

recurve

相关短语

crook and nanny Crook County crook in the lot crook as Rookwood crook one's elbow crook of the arm Crook of Devon by hook or by crook vt. 弯成钩形; 想方设法; 不择手段; 千方百计 by hook or crook 不择手段 apple crook pool at the crook arm in crook pools at the crook by hook and by crook on the crook 狡猾地

词源

From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”). Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”). Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda).

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