hooking
present participle ofhook
| 单词 | hooking |
| 释义 | hooking present participle ofhook hook verb uk/hʊk/us/hʊk/hookverb(FASTEN)[T] tofastensomething with a hook,hangsomething on a hook, orcatchsomething with a hook: He hooked thetrailer(=joinedit with a hook)to hiscar. How manysalmondid you hook(=catch)thisafternoon? She hooked theshoe(=liftedit with a hook)out of thewater. Connecting and combining
hookverb(HAVE SEX)[I]USinformal to havesexformoney Phrasal verbshook up hook (someone/something) up (tosomething) Examplesofhookinghooking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That said, repetition perhaps should not be dismissed so quickly as a device forhookinglisteners' attention. From theCambridge English Corpus If finger joints are not aligned, this creates ahookingof the finger. From theCambridge English Corpus Hookingmortality of two species of shallow-water reef fish caught by recreational angling methods. From theCambridge English Corpus Connection is a matter of disconnecting the cable from the existing control cabinet andhookingit up to the new prototype, with no modifirations. From theCambridge English Corpus Byhookingup many tuning forks to a wire, diverse notes at a unique pitch were produced. From theCambridge English Corpus Inertial mechanics is established, therefore, on the most extreme strangeness imaginable: pure actionhookingon to mere existence to result in a lawful world. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, coordination languages are limited to contexts where the main objective ishookingtogether larger application level components where the relative overhead is suitably small. From theCambridge English Corpus It is completely analogous to unmooring the boat,hookingthe rope off the stake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thehookingof a big company is nearly always hailed as a magnificent success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thehookingform included the description and registration number of the car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Coarse fishing has no utility and must, because it involveshookinga fish by its mouth, involve cruelty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is simplyhookingon to something that has been in the press recently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the most scandalous aspects of the sports promotion by tobacco companies is that much of their effort is aimed athookingthe young on the smoking habit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Under the proposals for electronichooking, patients will be able to book hospital appointments at their local surgery with the help of their general practitioner or the practice staff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole business —not only the cinematograph industry, but also the music hall and the theatrical industries—has been built up by contracts being made in advance, by advancehooking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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