单词 | hook and eye |
释义 | hook and eyeSEE SYNONYMS FOR hook and eye ON THESAURUS.COM nouna two-piece clothes fastener, usually of metal, consisting of a hook that catches onto a loop or bar. a three-piece latching device consisting of a hook attached to a screw eye or an eyebolt and a separate screw eye or eyebolt that the hook engages as it bridges a gap, as one between a door and a jamb or a gate and a gatepost. Also called eyehook. the two-piece portion of such a device consisting of a hook and a screw eye. Origin of hook and eyeFirst recorded in 1620–30 Words nearby hook and eyeHoogh, Hooghly, hoo-ha, hook, hookah, hook and eye, hook and ladder, hook-and-ladder company, hook bolt, Hook, Captain, hook check Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hook and eye
British Dictionary definitions for hook and eyehook and eye nouna fastening for clothes consisting of a small hook hooked onto a small metal or thread loop Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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