crook
crook
noun
be crook on
crookery
noun
语源
noun
- the hooked staff of a shepherd
（牧羊人的）曲柄杖；牧杖
■a bishop's crozier
（主教的）（曲柄）权杖
■a bend in something, especially at the elbow in a person's arm
弯曲部分（尤指胳膊肘的弯曲处）
her head was cradled in the crook of Luke's left arm.
她的头枕在卢克的左胳膊肘内。 - (informal)a person who is dishonest or a criminal
(非正式)不诚实的人；罪犯
- [with obj.]bend (something, especially a finger as a signal)
弯曲（尤指手指，作为手势）
he crooked a finger for the waitress.
他弯了一下手指，招呼侍者。
- (Austral./NZ informal)(especially of a situation) bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory
(澳／新西兰，非正式)（尤指情况）糟糕的；令人不快的；让人不满意的
it was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s.
20世纪70年代早期，这块地简直糟透了。
■(of a person or a part of the body) unwell or injured
（人）身体不好的；（身体部位）受伤的
a crook knee.
受伤的膝盖。
■dishonest; illegal. (abbreviation of crooked)
不诚实的；非法的
some pretty crook things went on there.
那儿发生许多不合法的事情。
be crook on
- (Austral./NZ informal)be annoyed by
(澳／新西兰，非正式)因…恼怒的
you’re crook on me because I didn't walk out with you.
你对我生气因为我没有和你一起出去。
- (Austral./NZ informal)lose one's temper
(澳／新西兰， 非正式)发脾气
■become ill
生病
crookery
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'hooked tool or weapon'): from Old Norse krókr 'hook'. A noun sense 'deceit, guile, trickery' (compare with crooked) was recorded in Middle English but was obsolete by the 17th cent
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