hook n.弯钩，挂钩; v. 吸引; n. 吸引人的东西

off the hook 摆脱困境，脱身

be ringing off the hook 电话响个不停

leave/take the phone off the hook 让电话处于未挂上的状态

hook something onto something 把…挂在...上

sling your hook 快离开

by hook or by crook 不择手段，千方百计，无论如何。

Tom hung his coat on the hook behind the door.

Tom把他的衣服挂在了门后的挂钩上。

The phone was ringing off the hook here all weekend.

整个周末这儿的电话都响个不停。

In the hotel, I leave the phone off the hook in order to take a nap.

我把电话听筒拿了下来以便睡会儿。

Just hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down.

把小桶挂在绳子下送下去。

Cigarette ads designed to hook young people.

香烟的广告都设计成吸引年轻人。

You always need a bit of a hook to get people to go to the theatre.

总是需要点东西吸引人们去剧院。

If she set her mind on something, then she had to acquire it, by hook or by crook.

如果她决定了做什么事，那么她就一定要得到它，不管用什么方法。