crook
英 [krʊk]
美 [krʊk]
n. 骗子; 臂弯; 肘弯; (旧时牧羊人捕羊的)曲柄杖
v. (手指或手臂)弯曲
adj. 生病; 有病; 不舒服
复数:crooks 过去式:crooked 现在分词:crooking 第三人称单数:crooks 过去分词:crooked
Collins.2 / BNC.8580 / COCA.8651
习惯用语
n.
- by hook or by crook
- 想方设法;不择手段
using any method you can, even a dishonest one
牛津词典
noun
- 骗子
a dishonest person- That salesman is a real crook.
那推销员真是个骗子。
- That salesman is a real crook.
- 臂弯;肘弯
the place where your arm bends at the elbow - (旧时牧羊人捕羊的)曲柄杖
a long stick with a hook at one end, used especially in the past by shepherds for catching sheep
verb
- (手指或手臂)弯曲
to bend your finger or arm
adj.
- 生病;有病;不舒服
ill/sick
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 骗子;罪犯
Acrookis a dishonest person or a criminal.- The man is a crook and a liar...
那人是个骗子,满嘴谎言。 - Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科,但没犯过大事。
- The man is a crook and a liar...
- N-COUNT (肘或膝盖的)内侧
The crook ofyour arm or leg is the soft inside part where you bend your elbow or knee.- She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
她把脸掩在臂弯里。
- She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
- VERB 弯曲(手臂或手指)
If youcrookyour arm or finger, you bend it.- He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
他勾勾手指说:“过来。”
- He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
- N-COUNT (主教或牧羊人用的)曲柄杖
Acrookis a long pole with a large hook at the end. A crook is carried by a bishop in religious ceremonies, or by a shepherd.- ...a shepherd's crook.
牧羊人的曲柄杖
- ...a shepherd's crook.
- PHRASE 想方设法;不择手段
If someone says they will do somethingby hook or by crook, they are determined to do it, even if they have to make a great effort or use dishonest means.- They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
为达到目的,他们不择手段。
- They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
英英释义
noun
- a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- a circular segment of a curve
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
verb
- bend or cause to bend
- He crooked his index finger
- the road curved sharply
双语例句
- Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科,但没犯过大事。 - She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
她把脸掩在臂弯里。 - Don't jerk me around, Mr Crook
别耍我,克鲁克先生。 - The captain's cook was a crook because he took the clock locked in the captain's kitchen cupboard.
船长的烹调师是个骗子,原因是他偷了船长锁在厨房碗柜里的钟。 - The shepherd comes by and sees me talking to you, I'm gonna get the crook.
牧羊人过来看到我在和你说话,一定会抽我的。 - Not everybody is a crook, you know.
你也知道不是每个人都是骗子。 - This crafty man is nothing but a crook.
那个狡猾的人纯粹是个骗子。 - Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned
克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来,打了个哈欠。 - In his hand, he carried a gold-tipped crook.
他手里拿着一根有金制曲柄的手杖。 - The man is a crook and a liar
那人是个骗子,满嘴谎言。