hock

英 [hɒk] 美 [hɑːk]

• n. 肘关节；抵押；典当；莱茵白葡萄酒
• v. 抵押；典当；割断脚腱使残废

英英释义

Noun:

1. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

2. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

Verb:

1. leave as a guarantee in return for money;

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
   

2. disable by cutting the hock

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. How to handle the procedures of real estate mortgage hock?
   如何办理房地产抵押典当有关手续？
2. His coat for the coming winter was in hock.
   他冬天穿的大衣已经当掉了。
3. Having paid off the pawnbroker, I now had my watch out of hock.
   偿还了当铺老板的债，我赎回了自己的手表。
4. As the middle classes turned to claret, so the upper classes abandoned this increasingly common tipple in favour of hock and champagne.
   当中产阶级的口味转向波尔多红酒之后，上流社会就抛弃了这种日渐寻常的饮料，转而青睐白葡萄酒和香槟酒了。

经典引文

• My cash was gone, and I was in hock for the next three years.

  出自：Collier's

• There was never enough money to get her brooch out of hock again.

  出自： G. Clare

词汇搭配

• in hock 有典当中(在坐牢...
• knuckle 指关节
• hock joint (后腿)踝关节, 跗...
• curby hock [医] 后脚硬瘤(马...
• point of hock 飞节端,小节端...
• hock shop 当铺
• hock hang 挂膝摆动
• capped hock 飞端肿
• smoked pork hock 熏猪肘
• hock drop 挂膝回环下
• hock swing 挂膝摆动
• hock circle 挂膝回环
• hock disease [医] 骨短粗病...
• true hock joint 胫跗关节

近反义词

【近义词】

• pawn 典当
• deposit 放置
• exchange 交换
• pledge 发誓
• soak 使浸透
• hock-joint 跗关节
• Rhenish 莱因河的
• rhine wine 干白葡萄酒