勾 1

勾(句) [gōu] 动

1. ■ （删除或截取） cancel; cross out; delete; strike out:

勾掉一句 strike out a sentence;

勾出主题句 tick off [underline] the topic sentence;

勾了这笔账 cancel the debt;

他们把他的名字从名单上勾掉了。 They crossed his name off the list.; They struck out [off] his name from the list.

2. ■ （描画） draw:

用铅笔勾一个轮廓 draw an outline with a pencil

3. ■ （用灰、水泥等涂抹砖石建筑物的缝） fill up the joints of brickwork with mortar or cement; point:

勾抹砖缝 point up the brickwork

4. ■ （调和使黏） add sth. to make thicker; thicken:

勾芡 thicken soup;

勾卤 thicken gravy

5. ■ （招引; 引） seduce; induce; evoke; call to mind:

勾起一腔愁思 arouse great sorrow;

勾起对过去的回忆 evoke memories of the past

6. ■ （结合） collude with; gang up with:

串勾 conspire;

他们这帮人怎么勾上的? How did these people come to gang up?

名

1. ■ （古代称不等腰直角三角形中较短的直角边） the shorter leg of a right triangle

2. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

勾宏 Gou Hong

另见 gòu。