crooks
英 [krʊks]
美 [krʊks]
n. 骗子; 臂弯; 肘弯; (旧时牧羊人捕羊的)曲柄杖
v. (手指或手臂)弯曲
crook的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 骗子;罪犯
Acrookis a dishonest person or a criminal.- The man is a crook and a liar...
那人是个骗子,满嘴谎言。 - Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科,但没犯过大事。
- The man is a crook and a liar...
- N-COUNT (肘或膝盖的)内侧
The crook ofyour arm or leg is the soft inside part where you bend your elbow or knee.- She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
她把脸掩在臂弯里。
- She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
- VERB 弯曲(手臂或手指)
If youcrookyour arm or finger, you bend it.- He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
他勾勾手指说:“过来。”
- He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
- N-COUNT (主教或牧羊人用的)曲柄杖
Acrookis a long pole with a large hook at the end. A crook is carried by a bishop in religious ceremonies, or by a shepherd.- ...a shepherd's crook.
牧羊人的曲柄杖
- ...a shepherd's crook.
- PHRASE 想方设法;不择手段
If someone says they will do somethingby hook or by crook, they are determined to do it, even if they have to make a great effort or use dishonest means.- They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
为达到目的,他们不择手段。
- They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
双语例句
- The new mayor promised to clean the crooks out of the city government.
新上任的市长答应肃清市政府中的不良分子。 - He just needed a couple of drunk crooks.
他需要的是两个喝醉酒的混混。 - Crooks and Walter Mittys are always with us.
我们身边总不缺骗子和幻想狂。 - You chase crooks across our runway.
你们追匪徒追到了跑道上。 - I guess the Chinese know how to deal with crooks.
我猜中国人知道如何对付恶棍们。 - Watch out for crooks who are waiting to use your credit card to do some big shopping.
提防小人的人正等着利用你的信用卡做一些大的购物中心。 - The crooks got away with ie the criminals stole most of the money.
那坏蛋把那笔钱的大部分都偷走了。 - Let the crooks go bankrupt.
让骗子们破产去吧! - Almost all checks crooks wind up in jail.
几乎所有开空头支票的骗子都落到了锒铛入狱的下场。 - Crooks are using the latest laser photocopiers to produce millions of fake banknotes
犯罪分子正利用最新式的激光复印机制造数以百万计的假钞。