Word · Frequency #8580

crooks

/kruk/

noun

骗子；无赖；罪犯

crooks is the plural of crook.

A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal or scoundrel.

1.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
弯曲；转弯；曲线；弯度；弯曲处
2.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
屈膝；跪拜
3.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
弯曲或曲折的部分；弯曲的片段或部分
4.
A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant.
偷窃、撒谎、欺骗或做其他不诚实或非法事情的人；罪犯；恶棍
5.
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
牧羊人用来控制羊群的带有半圆形弯曲(“钩”)的专用杖
6.
A bishop's standard staff of office.
主教的标准权杖
7.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
诡计；花招；计谋
8.
A pothook.
锅钩
9.
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
通常是弯曲的小管,应用于小号、号角等以改变音高或调性

弯曲；弯曲处；弯子；弯柄手杖；主教权杖；诡计；花招；锅钩；变音管

In use

The crook tried to trick the old lady into giving him her money.

那个坏蛋试图骗老太太把钱给他。

He hung his umbrella on the crook of the hook by the door.

他把雨伞挂在门边钩子的弯曲部分上。

She carried the baby in the crook of her arm while unlocking the door.

她用臂弯抱着婴儿，同时开门锁。

crook of the arm: 臂弯; He carried the baby in the crook of his arm.他把婴儿抱在臂弯里。
by hook or by crook: 不择手段; She will get the job done by hook or by crook.她将不择手段完成这项工作。
shepherd's crook: 牧羊杖; The shepherd used his crook to guide the sheep.牧羊人用他的牧羊杖引导羊群。
a petty crook: 小骗子; The police arrested a petty crook for shoplifting.警察因入店行窃逮捕了一个小骗子。

by hook or by crook: 不择手段地，无论如何She was determined to finish the project by hook or by crook.她下定决心无论如何都要完成这个项目。

想象一个坏蛋（坏蛋）手里拿着一根弯曲的钩子（弯曲部分），准备偷东西。

语域：informal 常见场景：crime、conversation crook 在此义项下为非正式用语，多用于口语中指代坏人或罪犯。

All listed words share the -ook spelling and rhyme with crook (IPA /kruk/). Note that words like 'brook' also rhyme but are not listed.

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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