hooky

FREQ #21900

n. 逃学者 vt. 偷 a. 多钩的

发音

US /ˈhʊki/

词形变化

hookier 比较级 hookier hookiest hookiest 最高级

别名

hookey

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Absence from school or work; truancy.

    不可数

    Let's play hooky and go to the mall.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Full of hooks (in any sense).

    Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.

  2. 2.

    Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.

  3. 3.

    Dodgy; crooked; illicit.

    英国 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

truancy

上位词 1

nonattendance

相关短语

Hooky Walker Hookey Walker play hooky 逃学 played hooky plays hooky playing hooky

词源

First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y.

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