| 单词 | hook |
| 释义 | hook hook // noun, verb
■ noun [C] ( something interesting, clever, strange, etc. that is used to attract people's attention: The promotion is a hook to attract consumers. They used the ‘Learn how to shop' slogan as their advertising hook. IDIOMS be on the hook (for sth/to do sth) ( to be legally responsible for paying sth or for doing sth: Unless you report the theft of your credit card immediately you may be on the hook for $500. There are 47 banks on the hook for loans to the bankrupt company. Companies are on the hook to follow the conditions of the license. get (sb) off the hook; let sb off the hook ( to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment: The lawyers involved in the scandal somehow managed to get themselves off the hook. off the hook if you leave or take the telephone off the hook, you take the part that you pick up (the receiver) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you RING verb ■ verb [+ obj] ( to attract and keep sb's attention: The show hooked around 2.4 million viewers. PHRASAL VERBS hook in; hook into sth; hook sth into sth (IT ) to be connected or to connect sth to a computer or telephone system, etc: Our customers can still hook in from America. a PC hooked into the network hook up (with sb) ( to start working with sb: She hooked up with a partner to start a children's clothing company. hook up (to sth); hook sth up (to sth) to connect sb/sth to a piece of electronic equipment or to a power supply: Check that the modem is hooked up to the phone line. The connection will let you hook up to a projector to run presentations. We hooked up a security camera at the entrance. HOOK-UP hook sb up (with sb/sth) ( to arrange for sb to meet sb or to do sth: I can hook you up with their chief buyer. A friend hooked him up with an interview as a trainee stockbroker. |
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