| 单词 | war-hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar-hawk war-hawk n. U.S. one who is eager for the fray, a ‘brave’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [noun] > warmongering > warmonger war-hawk1798 war-dog1813 war-man1814 warmonger1817 levier1831 sabre-rattler1928 hot warrior1950 1798 T. Jefferson Let. to J. Madison 26 Apr. in Writings (1854) IV. 238 At present, the war hawks talk of septembrizing, [etc.]. 1815 S. Taggart Let. 19 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 332 Our war-hawks..affect to speak of it as a glorious war and an honorable peace. 1865 F. Parkman Champlain ix, in Pioneers of France in New World 308 The Indian tribes, war-hawks of the wilderness. < as lemmas |
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