A fishhook is a small bent piece of metal with a sharp point. You fasten it to the end of a fishing line — a long string — often with a bit of food or a fake fly on it, and you wait for a fish to bite.

A fishhook is a small bent piece of metal with a sharp pointfishhook是一小塊彎曲、尖端很利的金屬。You fasten it to the end of a fishing line你把它綁在釣魚線的末端——a long string就是一條長長的線——often with a bit of food or a fake fly on it上面常常放一點食餌或假的飛蟲餌，and you wait for a fish to bite然後等魚上鉤。

Most hooks have a tiny backward point called a barb, so the fish cannot slip off easily; though actually some fishers now use hooks with no barb, so they can let the fish go with less hurt.

Most hooks have a tiny backward point called a barb大部分的鉤子上有一個往回彎的小尖刺，叫做barb(倒鉤)，so the fish cannot slip off easily這樣魚就不容易滑脫；though actually some fishers now use hooks with no barb不過其實現在有些釣客會用沒有倒鉤的鉤子，so they can let the fish go with less hurt這樣放生魚的時候傷害比較小。

When everyone already knows you are talking about fishing, people often just say hook. You will also see fish-hook or fish hook written as two bits; learner books like the one-word form.

When everyone already knows you are talking about fishing當大家都已經知道你在講釣魚的時候，people often just say hook人們常常直接說hook就好。You will also see fish-hook or fish hook written as two bits你也會看到fish-hook或fish hook拆成兩個部分寫；learner books like the one-word form給學習者看的書比較喜歡用一個單字的寫法。

There is a quiet extra picture too: the Jack in a pack of cards is sometimes nicknamed a fishhook, because the letter J on the card looks like one. That is only a joke name, not the main meaning.

There is a quiet extra picture too還有一個不太起眼的額外聯想：the Jack in a pack of cards is sometimes nicknamed a fishhook一副撲克牌裡的J有時候會被戲稱為fishhook，because the letter J on the card looks like one因為牌上的字母J看起來就像一個魚鉤。That is only a joke name, not the main meaning這只是個開玩笑的說法，不是主要的意思。