by hook or by crook

介词短语
中文释义
英 /baɪ ˈhʊk‿ə baɪ ˈkɹʊk/    美 /baɪ ˈhʊk‿əɹ baɪ ˈkɹʊk/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. By any means possible; one way or another. idiomatic
    — She was determined to win the contract by hook or by crook.

词形变化

by hook and by crook alternative

词源

From earlier by howke or crooke, by hoke ne by croke, etc., from Middle English wiþ hok or crok, wiþ hook or wiþ crok; further origin unknown. One suggestion is that the term is derived from the common of estovers, an ancient right in English law for tenants of land to gather dead wood on common land using blunt tools such as hooks and shepherd’s crooks.
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