| 词汇 | in hock |
| 释义 | Idiom in hock having a debt.Middle-class consumers are deep in hock and worried about their jobs. in hock1. In debt. I picked a smaller, more affordable school so I didn't have to be deep in hock with student loans for years after I graduated. 2. Having been pawned. I really needed cash, so my guitars are in hock, unfortunately. in hockin debt. After buying the luxury car, Bob was in hock for years. in hock1 having been pawned. 2 in debt.Hock here comes from the Dutch word hok meaning ‘hutch’ or ‘prison’. Originally mid 19th-century US slang, this sense of hock is now found only in this phrase or, occasionally, in out of hock . 2 1998 Spectator Our conservatoires are still in hock to the Germano-Austrian symphonic tradition. in hock mod. pawned. My watch is already in hock. |
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