n.[C]

1. 鉤，掛鉤；（衣服的）鉤扣
   Will you hang my coat on the hook?

   幫我把我的外套掛在鉤上行嗎？

2. 釣魚鉤
3. 鉤拳
4. （電話的）聽筒架
5. （高爾夫，板球等的）左曲球
6. 鐮刀
7. 陷阱
8. 【音】吸引人哼唱不已的疊句
9. 廣告促銷花招
10. 電視連續劇吊人胃口的懸疑情節

vt.

1. 用鉤鉤住（或掛起）；扣（衣服）的扣子[O]
   Will you hook my coat for me?

   你幫我把上衣掛好行嗎？

2. 釣（魚）
   I have hooked a fish.

   我釣到一條魚。

3. 把……彎成鉤狀
4. 以鉤拳打
5. 使成左曲球
6. 引（人）上鉤；欺騙
   The young woman was determined to hook a rich husband.

   那個年輕女人決心釣個金龜婿。

vi.

1. 彎成鉤狀
   The road hooked around the lake.

   這條路沿著湖岸蜿蜒伸展。

2. 被鉤住
   The coat hooks in the front.

   這件外套從前面用鉤眼扣扣住。

n.

1. a piece of curved metal or other hard material for catching hold of things or hanging things on.
   ▸ (also fish hook) a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish.
2. a thing designed to catch people's attention.
   ▸a catchy chorus or repeated passage in a pop or rock song.
3. a curved cutting instrument.
4. a short swinging punch made with the elbow bent and rigid.
5. a hooking stroke in sport.
6. Music  an added stroke transverse to the stem in the symbol for a quaver or other note.
7. a curved promontory or sand spit.

v.

1. attach or fasten or become attached with a hook.
2. bend or be bent into a curved shape.
3. (hook up) link or be linked to electronic equipment.
   ▸informal (of two people) meet or form a relationship.
4. catch with a hook.
5. (be hooked) informal be captivated or addicted.
6. Rugby  secure (the ball) and pass it backward with the foot in the scrum.
7. Cricket  hit (the ball) round to the on side with an upward swing of the bat at shoulder height.
   ▸(in sport) strike (the ball) so that it deviates in the direction of the follow-through.
8. Boxing  punch one's opponent with the elbow bent and rigid.
9. (hook it) Brit. informal, dated run away.