any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Verb:
leave as a guarantee in return for money;
"pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
disable by cutting the hock
双语例句
1. Even company directors on £100,000 a year can be deeply in hock to the banks.
即便是年薪10万英镑的公司董事也可能欠银行很多债。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another.
总理想要不受各派系的影响几乎是不可能的。他好像总是为某一派所牵制。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It was spring, and our padded clothes had just been placed in hock.
这是个春天, 我们的棉衣都刚脱下来就人了当铺.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
4. Place bandage several inches below the horse's knee or hock to begin.
在马前膝盖或跗关节下方几英尺处开始打绑腿.
来自互联网
5. The company was heavily in hock to the banks.
这家公司欠了银行大笔借款.
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用作名词 (n.)
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？
His coat for the coming winter was in hock. 他冬天穿的大衣已经当掉了。
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。
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。
