fishhook英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

— The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.
A jack (type of playing card). slang

动词 v.

To impale with a fishhook. transitive
To bend back on itself like a fishhook. intransitive

词形变化

fishhooks plural fish hook alternative fish-hook alternative fishhooks present,singular,third-person fishhooking participle,present fishhooked participle,past fishhooked past fish hook alternative fish-hook alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

fishhook flea fishhook theory

词源

词源 1

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

词源 2

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.