hock
noun
uk/hɒk/us/hɑːk/hocknoun(MONEY)
in hock
indebt:
欠债,未付款The company'sentireassetsare now in hocktothebanks.这家公司的所有资产现在都抵押给了银行。
Possessions that are in hock arepawned(=lefttemporarilywith apersoninexchangefor anamountofmoneythat must bepaidback after alimitedtimetopreventthe thing from beingsold):
被典当,在抵押中Most of herjewelleryis in hock.她的大多数珠宝都当掉了。
Borrowing & lending
- amortizable
- amortization
- arrears
- bad debt
- bonded
- borrow
- borrowing
- credit rating
- holiday
- IOU
- leveraged buyout
- over-borrowed
- overdraft
- overpayment
- pay downsomething
- pay off
- paysomeone/somethingback
- reschedule
- secure
- straight
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Buying & selling - general words
hocknoun(ANIMAL)
[C]
themiddlejointin the backlegof ananimalsuch as ahorse
(动物后腿上的)跗关节![picture of hock picture of hock](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/hock_noun_002_17884.jpg?version=5.0.287)
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[C]mainlyUS
themeaton thelowerlegof ananimal:
(动物的)小腿肉hamhocks火腿肉
Horses & similar animals
- Arab
- Arabian
- beast
- beast of burdenidiom
- bronco
- chestnut
- dappled grey
- donkey
- equine
- filly
- gelding
- hoof
- horse-drawn
- nag
- palomino
- shire horse
- sire
- stallion
- steed
- thoroughbred
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The legs & feet of non-human animals
Cuts of meat
hocknoun(WINE)
[U]mainlyUK
atypeofwhitewinefrom Germany
霍克酒(一种德国白葡萄酒)Wines & winemaking
- -bodied
- ageworthy
- amontillado
- blender
- blush
- claret
- corkage
- fizz
- fruitiness
- full-bodied
- grape
- jeroboam
- Lambrusco
- plonk
- plummy
- spritzig
- spumante
- super-smooth
- table wine
- terroir
hock
verb[T]
informaluk/hɒk/us/hɑːk/tosellsomething that youhopetobuybacklaterbecause you needmoneynow:
典当,抵押She had to hock herweddingring.她只好把她的结婚戒指当了。
Synonym
pawn
Selling
- auction
- Black Friday
- bundle
- bundling
- chain of production
- concession
- outsell
- oversell
- panic selling
- peddle
- pile
- pile it high and sell it cheapidiom
- sales drive
- salesmanship
- sell out
- sellsomethingoff
- sellout
- shift
- soft sell
- sting