N-COUNT 骗子;罪犯 A crook is 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。
N-COUNT (肘或膝盖的)内侧 The crook of your 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。
VERB 弯曲(手臂或手指) If you crook your arm or finger, you bend it.
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 A crook is 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
PHRASE 想方设法;不择手段 If someone says they will do something by 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。
The doctor told her to spend a few minutes crooking and uncrooking her fingers, several times a day, in order to keep the arthritic joints as supple as possible. 医生要她每天数次用几分钟时间弯曲和舒展手指,以尽量使发炎的关节保持柔软。
Vestal looked up to see Belfreda crooking a finger from the half-darkness of the hall. 薇思德一抬头,看见白菲瑞达在半明半暗的门厅里弯弯手指招她过去。
Namely the sports of the thigh, shank, foot and the crooking stretching sports of knee and ankle joint. 即大腿、小腿和脚部的运动以及膝关节和踝关节的屈伸运动。
Even as a child hasn't fully developed, he is imbued with life tension, when ancient writers applied Yao to describe plant, it expressed abundant energy which was contained in crooking condition. 夭用于形容植物时,表现的是屈曲状态中蕴含的丰富潜能,以此象征妙龄女子旺盛的生命力所显示的美。
Reduction of shoulder joint dislocation by crooking elbow traction in sitting posture 屈肘坐位牵引法治疗肩关节前脱位