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.
  1. The man is a crook and a liar...
     那人是个骗子，满嘴谎言。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. She hid her face in the crook of her arm.
     她把脸掩在臂弯里。
• VERB 弯曲(手臂或手指)
  If youcrookyour arm or finger, you bend it.
  1. He crooked his finger: 'Come forward,' he said.
     他勾勾手指说：“过来。”
• 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.
  1. ...a shepherd's crook.
     牧羊人的曲柄杖
• 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.
  1. They intend to get their way, by hook or by crook.
     为达到目的，他们不择手段。

双语例句

• Ain't nobody watching over these crooks.
  没有什么人监视这些骗子。
• Then, you set up your policies and your rules as if they're all lying, cheating crooks.
  而在制定公司的政策和规定时，又必须把他们想象成谎话连篇、欺诈成性的恶棍。
• Now, they say it's because I got crooks on the payroll.
  现在他们说因为我在工资单上动了手脚。
• 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。
• This town is full of crooks!
  这座镇上满是流氓！
• They thought they could manipulate me, but I proved them wrong and used the crooks instead.
  他们认为他们可以操纵我，但我证明他们错了，并用，而不是骗子。
• This week these crooks and scoundrels took revenge.
  上周，这些“骗子”和“恶棍”开始报复了。
• The crooks discovered the plant and fed him bogus information.
  窃贼发现了打入内部的警探，向他提供假情报。
• Crooks like that should be shot.
  相似应该被射击的钩。
• He just needed a couple of drunk crooks.
  他需要的是两个喝醉酒的混混。