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hock

noun
🔊/hɒk/
🔊/hɑːk/
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  1. [countable] the middle joint of an animal’s back leg（动物后腿的）跗关节Topics Animalsc2
  2. [uncountable, countable] (British English) a German white wine莱茵白葡萄酒
  3. (also knuckle)
     [uncountable, countable] a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s leg, especially a pig （动物后腿的）跗关节
  4. [uncountable] (informal) if something that you own is in hock, you have exchanged it for money but hope to buy it back later 典当；抵押
    5. Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun sense 3 late Middle English: variant of hough. noun sense 2abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) ‘(wine) from Hochheim’. noun sense 4 mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok ‘hutch, prison, debt’.
Idioms
be in hock (to somebody)
  1. to owe somebody something欠（某人某物）
    • I'm in hock to the bank for £6 000.我欠银行 6 000 英镑。🔊🔊

hock

verb
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(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hock
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he / she / it hocks
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past simple hocked
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past participle hocked
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-ing form hocking
🔊/ˈhɒkɪŋ/
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  1. hock something to leave a valuable object with somebody in exchange for money that you borrow典当；抵押 synonym pawn
    Word Originverb mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok ‘hutch, prison, debt’.