| 释义 |
crook /krŭk/ noun- A bend, or something bent
- A staff bent at the end, as a shepherd's or bishop's
- A professional swindler, thief or criminal in general
- A curved tube used to lower the pitch of a wind instrument
- A curved tube carrying the mouthpiece of a bassoon
- A gibbet (obsolete)
adjective (Aust and NZ informal)- Ill
- Unfair
- Wrong, dubious
- Not working properly
- Inferior
- Nasty, unpleasant
transitive verb and intransitive verb To bend or form into a hook ORIGIN: Prob ON krōkr hook; cf Swed krok, Dan krog crooked /krŭkˈid/ adjective - Bent like a crook
- Containing an angle or series of angles
- Twisted, contorted
- Not straight, tipped at an angle
- Dishonest or illegal (informal)
- (often /krŭkt/) angry with (with on) (Aust and NZ)
crookˈedly adverb crookˈedness noun crookˈback noun (Shakespeare) A hunchback crookˈbacked adjective a crook in one's lot Any trial in one's experience go crook (Aust informal) To lose one's temper go crook on or at (Aust and NZ informal) To upbraid, rebuke |