詞彙精選：crook的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

鉤；鉤狀物 [C]

例句：

By the crook, the cook looked through a cookbook before making hooked cookies.

在溪邊，廚子在做鉤形餅乾之前查閱了一本食譜。

例句：

He had shepherd's crook tipped with iron.

他有一根牧羊人用的帶鐵頭的棍杖。

彎處；彎曲部分 [C]

例句：

A stable aiming and shooting posture is assumed by placing the butt of the rifle in the crook of the elbow.

穩定的瞄準射擊姿勢是將槍托抵在肘彎處。

例句：

A screened porch for sitting, talking and reading on long summer nights will be nestled in the crook of the L.

在L橫豎相依的彎處將會安置一個遮蔽門廊，供人們在漫漫夏夜閒坐、漫談、閱讀。

騙子 [C]

例句：

The uneducated country lad was sucked in by a clever crook.

那位沒文化的農村小夥子被狡猾的騙子騙了。

例句：

That used-car salesman is a real crook.

那個賣舊汽車的商人是個地地道道的騙子。

v.

（使）彎曲，（使）成鉤形 [I,T]

例句：

She crooked her little finger as she drank her tea.

她喝茶時彎起小指頭。

例句：

He crooked his finger to himself.

他向內勾起手指。

欺騙，詐騙 [T]

例句：

You wouldn't crook a friend, would you?

你不會欺騙朋友，是吧？

例句：

The crook tried to crook the little girl.

那惡棍想要欺騙這個小女孩。

二、詞義辨析：

curve,bend,bow,crook,twist

這些動詞都含“彎、彎曲”之意。curve指變成曲線或弧線狀的動作或狀態。bend普通用詞，指把某物變成曲線或角形。用於人時，指頭部或身軀彎下。bow指把頭部或上身彎向前方的動作，也指社交中的禮節性動作。crook指不規則的彎曲，也指按照規則或模型彎曲某物。twist指通過轉動、擰或扭使某物成彎曲狀。

三、相關短語：

by hook or by crook

千方百計地,不擇手段地

shepherd's crook

n. 牧羊杖

四、參考例句：

The crook tried to crook the little girl.

那惡棍想要欺騙這個小女孩。

Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned.

克魯克的眼皮耷拉下來，打了個哈欠。

Now, back up while I deal with this crook here.

現在退後，我好教訓一下這個奸商。

You wouldn't crook a friend, would you?

你不會欺騙朋友，是吧？

He had shepherd's crook tipped with iron.

他有一根牧羊人用的帶鐵頭的棍杖。

You set a crook to catch a crook.

你設陷阱要套出壞蛋。

By the crook, the cook looked through a cookbook before making hooked cookies.

在溪邊，廚子在做鉤形餅乾之前查閱了一本食譜。

John took one child into the crook of each arm and let them nestle against him.

約翰一隻臂彎摟着一個孩子，讓他們舒服地靠着他。

By hook or by crook, local fans are finding ways to stay up late for the games.

中國的球迷們爲了熬夜看球想盡了各種方法。

A screened porch for sitting, talking and reading on long summer nights will be nestled in the crook of the L.

在L橫豎相依的彎處將會安置一個遮蔽門廊，供人們在漫漫夏夜閒坐、漫談、閱讀。