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名詞

left hook (plural left hooks)

1. (boxing) A powerful punch thrown with the left hand, typically after a jab or a straight punch.

   Hypernyms: hook < punch, blow

   Coordinate term: right hook

   • 2000, Ken Norton, Marshall Terrill, Mike Fitzgerald, Joe Frazier (contributor), Going the Distance, page 160:

     I hit Stephens with a left hook followed by a looping right hand and a pulverizing left hook that caught him right on the button.

2. (idiomatic, figurative, occasionally) A surprise assault.

   Just when he thought that the cross-examination was over and he'd parried the questions successfully, one of the lawyers stood up and threw a left hook that left him spluttering.