| 单词 | hack |
| 释义 | hack (once / 521 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4v 5v 6v 7n 8n To hack is to cut or chop something with short strong blows, like if you hack your way through a thick jungle with a machete. To hack is also to illegally break into someone’s computer. The Old English root word is haccian, which means “to cut into pieces,” but hack also means to cough frequently. A tickle in your throat can make you hack. If you call someone a hack, you mean they’re not great at what they do — especially writing. A mediocre writer is called a hack. Once upon a time hack was short for “an ordinary horse,” and now it’s an insult for writers. No one wants to be a hack! WORD FAMILYhack: hacked, hacker, hacking, hacks+/hacker: hackers USAGE EXAMPLESSareen got his start by hacking into webcams and turning them into body scanners. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “I’m not an email person myself,” Trump echoed during that infamous July news conference in which he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s email. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The document was intended to help companies mitigate Russian hacking and report any suspicious activity to the government. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v cut away he hacked his way through the forest Hyper cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2v cut with a hacking tool Syn|Hypo|Hyper chop ax, axe chop or split with an ax cut separate with or as if with an instrument 3n a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil 2Hyper tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation v fix a computer program piecemeal until it works 3I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best Syn|Hyper hack on program, programme write a computer program v significantly cut up a manuscript 4Syn|Hyper cut up edit, redact prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting v cough spasmodically 5The patient with emphysema is hacking all day Syn|Hyper whoop cough exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion v be able to manage or manage successfully 6I can't hack it anymore Syn|Hyper cut contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage come to terms with 1v kick on the shins Hyper foul commit a foul; break the rules 2v kick on the arms 7Hyper foul commit a foul; break the rules 1n one who works hard at boring tasks Syn|Hypo|Hyper drudge, hacker plodder, slogger someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours unskilled person a person who lacks technical training 2n a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends Syn|Hyper machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler pol, political leader, politician, politico a person active in party politics 3n a mediocre and disdained writer 8Syn|Hyper hack writer, literary hack author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) 1n a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money Syn|Hypo|Hyper cab, taxi, taxicab gypsy cab a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls minicaba minicar used as a taxicab auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine 2n a horse kept for hire Hyper Equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 3n a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. Hyper mount, riding horse, saddle horse a lightweight horse kept for riding only 4n an old or over-worked horse Syn|Hyper jade, nag, plug Equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
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