| 词汇 | sinker |
| 释义 | sinker noun[ C ] uk /ˈsɪŋ.kər/ us /ˈsɪŋ.kɚ/ sinkernoun[C] (WEIGHT)a weight attached to a fishing net or line to keep it under the water: （渔网或钓丝上的）铅锤，坠子 The current was too strong to use a sinker. Hunting & fishing angler angling anti-hunt anti-hunter anti-hunting barb fishhook fishing line fishing rod fly fishing fox hunt outfish overfishing piscatory poach poaching quarry ravening whaler yoicks sinkernoun[C] (BASEBALL)in baseball, a throw in which the ball moves down as it reaches the batter(= the player who tries to hit the ball): He throws mostly sinkers and curveballs. We had trouble getting good contact on his sinker. Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing Examples of sinkersinker To transfer that monopoly, hook, line and sinker, to the local authorities would simply perpetuate that difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the rather simple-minded people on the local authorities took that hook, line and sinker and, presumably, agreed to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to oppose them, tooth and nail; hook, line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These details have to be provided by the well sinker under statute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were giving it to me hook, line and sinker and saying what an iniquitous tax it was upon jewellery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He delighted me by stating that he was going into the stratosphere, hook, line and sinker—which suggested a search for flying fish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, far too much of his predecessor's menu has, again, been swallowed hook, line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that they have managed to impart some of their speed and skill to our home shaft sinkers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has fallen for it immediately, hook line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But he must not expect that we swallow all those arguments hook line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sincerely hope that it will be thrown out hook, line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He came with the best body of outside sinkers to sink the shafts into the deep measures of that coalfield. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in the determination to demonstrate a shortage of housing, those housing projections were adopted hook, line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever it was, it was based on an allegation which we swallowed hook, line and sinker and which everybody in the world knows is untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We made many mistakes in swallowing that plan hook, line and sinker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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