HANGING THINGS 挂东西, a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on

挂钩，吊钩;

Tom hung his coat on the hook behind the door.

汤姆把外套挂在门后的衣钩上。

CATCHING FISH 钓鱼, a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish

鱼钩，钓钩

let / get sb off the hook, to allow someone or help someone to get out of a difficult situation

让/帮某人脱离困境:

I wasn't prepared to let her off the hook that easily.

我不愿意那么轻易放过她。

leave / take the phone off the hook, to leave or take the telephone RECEIVER (=the part you speak into) off the part where it is usually placed so that no one can call you

〔因不想接听电话而〕摘下电话听筒

be ringing off the hook, [AmE] if your telephone is ringing off the hook, a lot of people are calling you

〔电话〕铃声大作，响声不断

INTEREST 兴趣, something that is attractive and gets people's interest and attention

吸引人的东西;

You always need a bit of a hook to get people to go to the theatre.

想让人们去戏院总得有一些吸引人的招数。

by hook or by crook, if you are going to do something by hook or by crook, you are determined to do it, whatever methods you have to use

千方百计地; 不择手段地:

The police are going to get these guys, by hook or by crook.

警方无论如何也要抓住这些家伙。

HITTING SB 击打某人, a way of hitting your opponent in BOXING , in which your elbow is bent

〔拳击中的〕钩拳;

hook, line, and sinker, if someone believes something hook, line, and sinker, they believe a lie completely

完全地，无保留地〔相信谎言〕

FISH 鱼, to catch a fish with a hook

钓〔鱼〕:

I hooked a 20-pound salmon last week.

我上周钓了一条 20 磅重的鲑鱼。

FASTEN 固定, [always + adv / prep] to fasten or hang something onto something else

把…固定在…; 吊，挂:

Just hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down.

只要把桶拴在绳子上往下送就可以了。

BEND YOUR FINGER / ARM ETC 屈起手指/手臂等, [always + adv / prep] to bend your finger, arm, or leg, especially so that you can pull or hold something else

〔用手指、手臂或腿〕，绕:

Ruth hooked her arm through Tony's.

露丝 住了托尼的手臂。

He tried to hook his leg over the branch.

他试图用腿 住树枝。

INTEREST / ATTRACT 引起兴趣/吸引, [informal] to succeed in making someone interested in something or attracted to something

吸引:

cigarette ads designed to hook young people

旨在吸引年轻人的香烟广告

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 电器, [always + adv / prep] also hook up to connect a piece of electronic equipment to another piece of equipment or to an electricity supply

连接〔电器〕; 接通〔电源〕;

We've got a CD player, but it's not hooked up yet.

我们有一台CD唱片播放机，不过还没有接通电源。

Computers from different manufacturers can often be hooked together.

不同厂家生产的计算机往往可以互连。

BALL 球类, to throw or kick a ball so that it moves in a curve

投（踢）弧线球