English Dictionary

in hock

前置詞句

広義 比喩的用法

Having been pawned. / (figuratively, by extension, transitive with to) Indebted.

日本語の意味

質に入れている、質にかけられている / 借金を抱えている、負債がある

After a string of bad months, Mark found his late father's pocket watch in hock at the local pawnshop.

数か月の不運のあと、マークは亡くなった父の懐中時計が地元の質屋に質入れされているのを見つけた。

意味（1）

Having been pawned.

Her necklace is in hock in order to cover some family expenses.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension, transitive with to) Indebted.

The wind doesn’t stop blowing because an autocrat has a tantrum; harnessing the solar radiation that bathes our world doesn’t leave us in hock to the House of Saud.