英语词汇“hawk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hawks, present participle hawking, past tense, past participle hawked

1. countable noun

A hawk is a large bird with a short, hooked beak, sharp claws, and very good eyesight. Hawks catch and eat small birds and animals.

2. countable noun

In politics, if you refer to someone as a hawk, you mean that they believe in using force and violence to achieve something, rather than using more peaceful or diplomatic methods. Compare dove.

Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war.

3. verb

If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them.

[old-fashioned]

...vendors hawking trinkets. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: peddle, market, sell, push More Synonyms of hawk

4. verb

You can say that someone is hawking something if you do not like the forceful way in which they are asking people to buy it.

[disapproval]

Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses. [VERB noun]

Hawk around means the same as hawk.

[British]

He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

5. verb

If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out.

[old-fashioned]

He hawked and spat. [VERB]

See watch sb like a hawk

Phrasal verbs:

See hawk around

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释义	Trends of hawk View usage for: hawk (hɔːk) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hawks, present participle hawking, past tense, past participle hawked 1. countable noun A hawk is a large bird with a short, hooked beak, sharp claws, and very good eyesight. Hawks catch and eat small birds and animals. 2. countable noun In politics, if you refer to someone as a hawk, you mean that they believe in using force and violence to achieve something, rather than using more peaceful or diplomatic methods. Compare dove. Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 3. verb If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them. [old-fashioned] ...vendors hawking trinkets. [VERB noun] Synonyms: peddle, market, sell, push More Synonyms of hawk 4. verb You can say that someone is hawking something if you do not like the forceful way in which they are asking people to buy it. [disapproval] Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses. [VERB noun] Hawk around means the same as hawk. [British] He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. verb If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out. [old-fashioned] He hawked and spat. [VERB] 6. See watch sb like a hawk Phrasal verbs: See hawk around More Synonyms of hawk hawk in British English 1 (hɔːk) noun 1. any of various diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, such as the goshawk and Cooper's hawk, typically having short rounded wings and a long tail ▶ Related adjective: accipitrine 2. US and Canadian any of various other falconiform birds, including the falcons but not the eagles or vultures 3. a person who advocates or supports war or warlike policies Compare dove1 (sense 2) 4. a ruthless or rapacious person 5. know a hawk from a handsaw verb 6. (intransitive) to hunt with falcons, hawks, etc 7. (intransitive) (of falcons or hawks) to fly in quest of prey 8. to pursue or attack on the wing, as a hawk Derived forms hawklike (ˈhawkˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English hafoc; related to Old Norse haukr, Old Frisian havek, Old High German habuh, Polish kobuz Word origin sense 5 from Shakespeare (Hamlet II:2:375); handsaw is probably a corruption of dialect heronshaw heron hawk in British English 2 (hɔːk) verb 1. to offer (goods) for sale, as in the street 2. (transitive; often foll by about) to spread (news, gossip, etc) hawk in British English 3 (hɔːk) verb 1. (intransitive) to clear the throat noisily 2. (transitive) to force (phlegm) up from the throat 3. British a slang word for spit1 noun 4. a noisy clearing of the throat Word origin C16: of imitative origin; see haw2 hawk in British English 4 (hɔːk) noun a small square board with a handle underneath, used for carrying wet plaster or mortar Also called: mortar board Word origin of unknown origin hawk in American English 1 (hɔk) noun 1. a. any of various accipitrine birds having short, rounded wings and a long tail andlegs, as Cooper's hawk, goshawk, and the harriers b. Loosely any of various other birds of prey, as falcons and ospreys 2. an advocate of all-out war or of measures in international affairs designed to provoke or escalate open hostilities see also dove1 3. a person regarded as having the preying or grasping nature of a hawk; cheater; swindler verb intransitive 4. to hunt birds or other small game with the help of falcons or other hawks 5. to attack by or as by swooping and striking verb transitive 6. to attack or prey on as a hawk does Derived forms hawkish (ˈhawkish) adjective hawklike (ˈhawkˌlike) adjective Word origin ME hauk < OE hafoc, akin to Ger habicht, Pol kobuz, falcon hawk in American English 2 (hɔk) verb transitive 1. to advertise or peddle (goods) in the streets by shouting 2. to advertise or sell a mildly contemptuous term Word origin < hawker1 hawk in American English 3 (hɔk) verb intransitive 1. to clear the throat audibly verb transitive 2. to bring up (phlegm) by coughing noun 3. an audible clearing of the throat Word origin echoic hawk in American English 4 (hɔk) noun a flat, square piece of wood or metal with a handle underneath, for carrying mortar or plaster Word origin prob. fig. use of hawk1 More idioms containing hawk watch someone like a hawk Image of hawk © fotoslaz, shutterstock Examples of 'hawk' in a sentence hawk You've got to watch them like a hawk. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She watches me like hawk. The Sun (2016) They have learnt how to fly hawks and lead horses. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We are watching our money like hawks. The Sun (2011) Those investors are watching like hawks as we vote today. The Sun (2010) There was a great deal of public argument between the hawks and the doves. Salkie, Raphael The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics (1990) Once his big ambition was simply to fly hawks. The Sun (2009) Ignore the first time but watch him like a hawk. Times, Sunday Times (2007) People think they are predators, but their nest was attacked by a hawk last year. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) The Government will be watching like hawks. The Sun (2014) Public opinion is split between hawks, doves and those sitting firmly on the fence. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Hawks and doves were temporarily replaced by a flock of starlings, wheeling and voting as one. Times, Sunday Times (2007) TWO escaped hawks have been attacking residents in a seaside town. The Sun (2012) These birds can handle hawks. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Sparrow hawks are still around. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Once the hawk is eating from your fist, the next step is to get it to hop onto your fist from its perch. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We aren't all hawks, you know. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Lime hawk moth moth is named after the hawk because it capable of powerful, long- distance flight. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A school near his family village has been named in his honour and street traders hawk T-shirts and calendars bearing his image. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The entire research team is supposed to be hawking itself around, in one piece, to anyone who will listen. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Word lists with hawk related adjectives, prey In other languages hawk British English: hawk NOUN A hawk is a large bird with a short, hooked beak, sharp claws, and very good eyesight. American English: hawk Brazilian Portuguese: falcão Chinese: 鹰 European Spanish: halcón French: faucon German: Habicht Italian: falco Japanese: タカ Korean: 매 European Portuguese: falcão Latin American Spanish: halcón All related terms of 'hawk' Mohawk a member of a Native American people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples bush-hawk a New Zealand falcon , Falco novaeseelandiae duck hawk a variety of peregrine falcon , Falco peregrinus anatum, occurring in North America fish hawk → osprey Hawk-Eye an optical ball-tracking device used as an aid to commentators in certain sports, and as an officiating tool in major tennis tournaments hawk-eyed having extremely keen sight hawk moth any of various moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow wings and powerful flight , with the ability to hover over flowers when feeding from the nectar hawk owl a hawklike northern owl , Surnia ulula, with a long slender tail and brownish speckled plumage war hawk → hawk 1 (sense 2 ) Black Hawk 1767-1838; chief of the Sauk people: leader in the Black Hawk War against the U.S. (1832) eagle-hawk a large aggressive Australian eagle , Aquila audax hawk around Kitty Hawk a village in NE North Carolina , near Kill Devil Hill , where the Wright brothers made the world's first aeroplane flight (1903) marsh hawk a large, gray American hawk ( Circus cyaneus ) that nests on the ground and preys on mice , frogs , snakes, etc.: the only North American harrier hawk pigeon hawk the North American variety of the merlin privet hawk a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets chicken hawk any of various hawks , esp. an accipiter , that prey , or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl Cooper's hawk a small North American hawk , Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast hawk's-eye a dark blue variety of the mineral crocidolite : a semiprecious gemstone mosquito hawk → dragonfly passage hawk a young hawk or falcon caught while on migration passager hawk young hawk or falcon caught while on migration sparrow hawk a very small North American falcon , Falco sparverius, that is closely related to the kestrels hawk's-beard any plant of the genus Crepis, having a ring of fine hairs surrounding the fruit and clusters of small dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites ) red-tailed hawk a large, North American hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis ) having a reddish tail and wing feathers that are dark brown on the upper side but light-colored on the underside rough-legged hawk a large hawk ( Buteo lagopus ) having legs covered with feathers to the base of the toes sharp-shinned hawk a small North American hawk ( Accipiter striatus ) with a dark-gray back and a barred , reddish-and-white breast , feeding mainly on small birds hummingbird moth any of various moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow wings and powerful flight, with the ability to hover over flowers when feeding from the nectar night owl A night owl is someone who regularly stays up late at night, or who prefers to work at night. sphinx moth any of various moths of the family Sphingidae, having long narrow wings and powerful flight, with the ability to hover over flowers when feeding from the nectar red-shouldered hawk a dark-colored, North American hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) having a reddish patch on each shoulder and thick bands of white on the tail feathers watch sb like a hawk If you watch someone like a hawk , you observe them very carefully, usually to make sure that they do not make a mistake or do something you do not want them to do. know a hawk from a handsaw to be able to judge things; be discerning Chinese translation of 'hawk' hawk (hɔːk) n (c) (= bird) 鹰(鷹) (yīng) (只, zhī) (= person) 主战(戰)分子 (zhǔzhàn fènzǐ) (名, míng) vt (pej, = sell) 硬卖(賣) (yìngmài) to watch sb like a hawk 看某人看得很紧(緊) (kān mǒurén kān de hěn jǐn) related words related adjective accipitrine collective noun cast 1 (verb) in the sense of peddle Definition to offer (goods) for sale in the street or door-to-door vendors hawking trinkets Synonyms peddle dealers peddling drugs market The drink has been marketed here since 1993. sell It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs. push She was accused of pushing drugs. traffic Anyone who trafficked in illegal goods was brought to justice. tout (informal) vend 2 (verb) in the sense of spread about the woolly philosophy that he was hawking about town yesterday Synonyms spread about rumour buzz bandy about (informal) put about cry about bark about (informal) noise abroad bruit about Additional synonyms in the sense of buzz Synonyms gossip, rumour, chatter, natter, tattle in the sense of market Definition to offer or produce for sale The drink has been marketed here since 1993. Synonyms sell, promote, retail, peddle, vend, offer for sale in the sense of push Definition to sell (narcotic drugs) illegally She was accused of pushing drugs. Synonyms sell, supply, deal in, peddle, traffic in Synonyms of 'hawk' hawk Explore 'hawk' in the dictionary
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