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单词 hooked
释义
hookedhooked /hʊkt/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Don't let your children start smoking -- it's so easy for them to get hooked.
  • She's been hooked on heroin since she was 15.
  • Some parents who are concerned about computer games believe their children are hooked.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Ask a grown-up to attach a hooked chain to the centre top bar.
  • One school of thought within psychology is that we tend to get hooked into behaviour patterns if they produce intermittent rewards.
  • The butler inserted a hooked finger into his collar, grimaced and huffed.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatoraddicted to drugs, alcohol, tobacco etc
if you are addicted to drugs, alcohol, tobacco etc, you need to take them regularly and feel that you cannot stop: · I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted.addicted to: · By the time he was 16, he was addicted to heroin.· The children of mothers who use crack or cocaine are often born addicted to the drug.
informal addicted to drugs, tobacco etc: hooked on: · She's been hooked on heroin since she was 15.get hooked: · Don't let your children start smoking -- it's so easy for them to get hooked.
addicted to alcohol or drugs, especially legal drugs that a doctor gives you, so that you feel you cannot live without them: · It's almost impossible to take tranquilizers for long without becoming dependent.dependent on: · About 10% of the population is dependent on some form of drug.· Far more people are dependent on alcohol than we realize.
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 I know a girl who got hooked on cocaine.
 I got hooked on TV when I was sick.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
informal (=be/get addicted)· She got hooked on drugs, and ended up homeless.
(=one that curves down at the end)· an old man with a hooked nose
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Tall and thin with a hooked nose.· He was a large man with a hooked nose and a deep-lined, worried-looking face.· She wiped her dripping, hooked nose, clasped her hands together and cackled.· He ran a hand over his smooth face beneath his hooked nose.· In profile his face, with the long, slightly hooked nose and jutting eyebrows, was impressive.· Her unconventional face, with slightly hooked nose, has graced nearly every magazine cover.· Signor fragolli was a large man with a deeply lined muscular face and a large hooked nose like a Roman Emperor.
1curved outwards or shaped like a hook:  a hooked nose2[not before noun] informal if you are hooked on a drug, you feel a strong need for it and you cannot stop taking it SYN  addictedhooked on I know a girl who got hooked on cocaine.3[not before noun] informal if you are hooked on something, you enjoy it very much and you want to do it as often as possiblehooked on I got hooked on TV when I was sick.4having one or more hooks
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