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crook

/kɹʊk/ 名词 C1

中文: 骗子

  1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. · She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
  2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). · the crook of a cane
  4. A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant.
  5. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
  6. A bishop's standard staff of office.
  7. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  8. A pothook.

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