Crook : 사기꾼, 정직하지 못한 사람, (각도를 이루는 곳)팔꿈치 안쪽, 겨드랑이 안쪽, (손가락이나 팔을)구부리다, (과거 양치기가 양을 잡을 때 쓰던) 한 쪽 끝이 갈고리 모양인 막대기
Crooked : 비뚤어진, 구부러진, 부정직한, (호주영어) 기분이 상한, 불쾌한, 짜증이나는, 아픈, 다친
1)
a crook, is somobody who is a dishonest person
don't trust him, he is a crook
would you buy a second-hand car from that crook?
he is a criminal
he is a cheat
politicians they are just a load of crooks
a crook, a criminal, an offender, a villain, a delinquent, somebody who is not honest
2)
crook, you could hold something in the crook of your arm
it's in the angle of your arm
the crook of something, a bend in something
3)
a bishop, he has a tall stick that is curly on the top
that is a bishop's crook
a shepherd, they ahve a stick with like a hook on the end
that is a shepherd's crook, to catch and to control the sheep
4)
the verb, to crook means, to bend
he crooked his arm
he crooked his finger
he crooked his finger at me, he bent his finger at me
he bent, he crooked, not straight
it's not straight
to make into the form of a hook
he crooked his arm to show how strong he was
to curve
to flex
to bend
to put at an angle
5)
crooked, as an adjective
this deal is crooked, it's not leagl, it's dishonest
a crooked politician
a crooked official
dishonest
6)
notice, crooked is not straight, is at an angle or it has many bends and turns
this road is very crooked, it bends backwards and forwards
he had to wear a brace because his teeth were crooked, stiking out at different angles
7)
notice, the Australians also use this word crook, to mean something is bad, unpleasant, injured
my back is crooked today, it hurts a lot
it was a pretty crook situation, it was a bad situation
that is informal Australian
Formality : 3 for a crook, a thief
Formality : 5 for a shepherd's crook, a bishop's crook
Formality : 6 for to crook your finger
Formality : 5 for this road is very crooked
Formality : 4 for this guy is crooked, crooked politician
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