hook up

接続する、つなぐ

人や物を機械、電源、信号源などにつなぐ。

やさしい英語で： To connect someone or something to a machine, power supply, or signal source.

• Hook up the computer to the screen.
• The house was hooked up to the power supply last week.
• Is the patient hooked up to a monitor?

使い方： hook something up to something (Hook the television up to the antenna.); be hooked up to something (The patient was hooked up to a heart monitor.)

類義語： connect, attach

反対語： disconnect

よく使う表現： hook up something, hook up to something

接続する、配線する

機器の部品をつなぎ合わせて、使えるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To join the parts of equipment together so it can work.

• Can you hook up the speakers?
• We hooked up the new stereo yesterday.
• She is hooking up the equipment for tonight’s concert.

使い方： hook something up (The technician hooked the sound system up.)

類義語： connect, wire up

反対語： disconnect

よく使う表現： hook up equipment, hook up speakers

合流する、手を組む

何かを一緒にするために、人と会ったり合流したりする。

やさしい英語で： To meet or join someone to do something together.

• We hooked up with a local band.
• She hooked up with two designers to start a business.
• Let’s hook up with the others at the station.

使い方： hook up with someone (We hooked up with another team to develop the app.)

類義語： team up, join up, meet up

よく使う表現： hook up with someone, hook up with partners

手配する、用意する

人が必要とするものや欲しいものを手に入れられるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To arrange for someone to receive something they need or want.

• Can you hook me up with tickets?
• She hooked us up with a ride home.
• His cousin hooked him up with a job interview.

使い方： hook someone up with something (My friend hooked me up with a reliable mechanic.)

類義語： provide, supply, fix up

よく使う表現： hook up someone, hook up with something

サービスする、安くしてあげる

人に値引きしたり、無料で何かをあげたり、普段より多く渡したりする。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a lower price, something free, or more than they would normally get.

• The waiter hooked us up with dessert.
• My cousin hooked me up with a huge discount.
• Buy your bike there; they’ll hook you up.

使い方： hook someone up with something (The manager hooked us up with a free room upgrade.)

類義語： give a deal, give a discount

よく使う表現： hook up someone, hook up with extras

違法薬物を売る、密売する

違法薬物など、法律で買うことが禁じられた品を売ったり渡したりする。

やさしい英語で： To sell or supply drugs or other goods that people cannot legally buy.

• He hooked them up with weed.
• Police said she had hooked several customers up with cocaine.
• The seller offered to hook him up with stolen phones.

使い方： hook someone up with something (The dealer hooked buyers up with illegal drugs.)

類義語： deal, supply

よく使う表現： hook up buyers, hook up with drugs