单词 | hooker |
释义 | hooker hooker1 /hook"euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that hooks. 2. Slang. prostitute. 3. Slang. a large drink of liquor. 4. Slang. a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch. 5. Rugby. a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage. 6. (cap.) Offensive. an Amish Mennonite. [1560-70; 1835-45, Amer. for def. 2; HOOK1 + -ER1] hooker2 /hook"euhr/, n. Naut. 1. Slang. any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel. 2. any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets. [1635-45; < D hoeker, equiv. to hoek HOOK1 + -er -ER1] |
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