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词汇 hook-up
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Definition of hook-up in English:

hook-up

noun
  • 1A connection or link, especially to mains electricity or for communications or broadcasting equipment.

    (尤指与电源或通讯与广播设备的)联系,连接

    this weather-resistant product requires no electrical hook-up and provides light for up to 180 minutes on a single charge
    a complete household computer hook-up
    as modifier installation and hook-up costs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The council said it was going to be stables - but you don't have three sets of electrical hook-ups and a cesspit for stables.
    • A modem translates the computer's outgoing data into a form that can be transmitted through the phone hookup.
    • And sales of broadband hookups surged 18%, to $97 million.
    • We use satellite hook-ups and we can get detailed map readouts to guide you.
    • The caravan park has electrical hook-ups with a purpose built shower and toilet block.
    • Unfortunately, we don't have the ability to provide water or electric hookups.
    • Electrical outlets, tabled work stations and necessary hook-ups for laptop and other portable computers will be available for high-speed Internet and Intranet access.
    • He testified in a court filled with 18th Century tradition, using high definition television and the latest in satellite hook-ups from Paris.
    • Most of the campsites have electric hookups, and water is available throughout the campground.
    • All of my encounters with him were conducted via the magic of studio hook-ups.
    • The network would organise computer hook-ups, educational broadcasts, and the sharing of library resources among the participants.
    • The council is confident it can ride out the emergency if people are careful because the reservoirs are receiving water from temporary hook-ups to bores in Muttons Rd and Bayliss Rd.
    • So when the world's largest private-prison company offered to employ 350 people, local officials welcomed it with tax breaks and free water and sewer hookups.
    • They offer over 50 campsites with electric hookups, water, full restroom facilities, and hot showers.
    • With the satellite hook-up from the 121st Signal Battalion, we were operational three hours after arrival in Mitrovica.
    • It's a tracking device alright, but it's through software that enables your satellite hook-up.
    • Down in the press room with its barrage of electric hookups for reporters' laptops, a couple of Swiss women answered questions in perfect English.
    • The hotel group is also standardising amenities - including bath products, TVs, new beds and technology hook-ups - at all its hotels, which it categorizes as four-star properties.
    • This is a bit of a disaster because of the growing popularity of ADSL, DSL, and cable modem hook-ups.
    • Increased infrastructure, electrical hook-ups and modern-style buildings have no role in an ancient forest.
    • The attorney general, who was in Moscow on other business, made the announcement through a television hook-up.
    • He reviewed the design to make sure that the plumbing and electrical hookups would work with the equipment the family planned to purchase.
    • Those serving as far afield as the Middle East, Europe and the United States of America will soon be able to chat with and see their families through a computer hook-up.
    • He said the town has other property with water and sewer hookups that is ready to be developed; he therefore imputes political motives to the plan to take the last of this land.
    • Roads and water and electrical infrastructure hookups to the complex are now in place.
    • We don't offer sewer hookups or anything like that.
    • Meeting these goals will require providing new water hook-ups for 300,000 people every year and new sanitation facilities for 400,000 per year.
    • The third arbitrator will be on a videoconference hook-up in Paris, Williams said.
    • The program is paid for by a fee for new hookups to the water system.
    • You can be sure defence lawyers will be calling the experts from the south to either appear in Queensland courts or take part in lengthy and expensive telephone hook-ups.
    • This fight gave birth to the age of satellite TV hook-ups.
    • The house had to be lifted to accommodate a gravity feed for a sewer hookup from the basement.
    • That means the phones work in homes that don't have a broadband hookup or a wireless router of their own.
    • Even with a satellite hookup, multiple televisions and an extended leave of absence from work, you couldn't possibly watch them all.
    • In the future, it is likely that world leaders will meet over satellite TV hookups or online, making it harder to confront them or hold them accountable.
    • If there is no electrical hookup, it can use the energy from a car battery, solar cell, or bicycle generator.
    • He notes that demand in the Sun Belt, where roughly half of all new construction is taking place, has been stifled by moratoriums on new water and sewer hookups.
    • Miller looked at the television screen that connected him via satellite hookup to Washington.
    • One of Sullivan's disgruntled employees came forward to charge that the company was using its city contracts as a front to hide a nefarious plan to make illegal water hook-ups.
    Synonyms
    amalgamation, combination, merging, union, fusion, coalition, affiliation, coupling, unification, incorporation, coalescence, consolidation, confederation, link-up
  • 2informal An instance of people meeting, communicating, or cooperating.

    he had an hour-long phone hook-up with his six Senate colleagues
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pop quartet have been talking up a potential hook-up with the candy-haired US rapper for weeks now.
    • Mr Garrett said immediate discussions in good faith were needed with the states and he planned a phone hook-up with education ministers on Friday.
    • Rumor has it the hook-up with Toyota will produce a new Z5 and hardcore 6-series.
    • Following their hookup in South Beach, the duo met up again in New York.
    • This afternoon Mr Howard held a phone hook-up with the State Premiers.
    • The Elton hook-up on Face To Face, which will be his next single, is something Gary is especially proud of.
    1. 2.1 A casual sexual encounter.
      he was tired of meaningless hook-ups
      Example sentencesExamples
      • 32 % of the study volunteers said their relationship with their husband or wife began with a casual hookup.
      • If your heart broke for poor Felicity after Oliver and Isabel's hook-up, you're not alone!
      • And perhaps the biggest surprise of all, is that this doesn't seem to be a fleeting hook-up, but a real blossoming love.
      • It takes a while to find that their hook-up the last time he was in town produced a son.
      • Their hook-up wasn't about screwing with Don's head, or trying to lure him back in; it was sex.
      • The article added that she has since been engaging in "meaningless hookups - at least four in the last month".
    2. 2.2 A person with whom someone has a casual sexual encounter.
      she's hurt that her hook-up didn't even bother to stick around long enough to say good morning
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Women choose their hookups using one set of criteria and a long term mate using another.
      • I kept myself busy by reconnecting with a one-off hook-up. This guy helped me take my mind off things.
      • He came to Meadowsweet to photograph nature, not find a hookup, especially since his last relationship ended in disaster.
      • He hasn't seen his son in months; he's divorced; his one-time hook-up looks like she's going to remain a one-time hook-up.
      • And whilst some girls will be on Tinder to find a hook-up, most aren't.
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