| 单词 | hook in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hook in b. to hook on, to hook in, to hook up, to attach by means of a hook, e.g. a horse to a vehicle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke yokeOE harness13.. cart-saddle1377 join1377 couple1393 enharness1490 benda1522 bind1535 span1550 team1552 spang1580 inyoke1595 trace1605 enclose?1615 gear1638 to get in1687 reharness1775 reyoke1813 to hook up1825 inspan1834 hitch1844 pole1846 stock1909 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage) join1377 couple1393 bind1535 to put in1709 to put to1732 to hook up1825 inspan1834 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 428 There are many other ways by which the hooking up of the yarns may be effected. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. viii. 131 Maintop there, hook on your stays. 1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico I. 5 After being hooked on to a steamer, we were tugged rapidly down the river. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 16 They saw a horse hooked up to the post of the inn. 1883 Chicago Advance 23 Aug. The livery man hooked up for us as fine a team. 1897 Cavalry Tactics xvi. 112 The breast-harness horses in the cavalry ranks should be hooked in. hook in 9. hook in: to draw in with or as with a hook; figurative to get hold of as best one may; to secure by hook or by crook; to bring or drag (a person) in unwillingly or against his judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by hook or by crook hook in1551 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state > drag in hook in1551 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Evi An other..aduyseth to howke in the kynge of Castell. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 62 Mils..having an iron wheele, which doeth not onely drive the saw, but hooketh in, and turneth the boords to the saw. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 293 Servants standing at the doore to hook in customers. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 114 Hooking in a larger revenue to their own Exchequer. 1772 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 396 If they can hook in any job or patronage they will. 1836 J. Halley in Arnot Life (1842) 77 I have been hooked in for an essay. < as lemmas |
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