单词 | hawk |
释义 | hawk1 /hök/noun
ORIGIN: OE hafoc; Du havik, Ger Habicht, ON haukr hawkˈer noun A person who hunts with a hawk hawkˈing noun Falconry adjective
hawkˈish adjective hawkˈishly adverb hawkˈishness noun hawkˈlike adjective hawkˈ-beaked or hawkˈ-billed adjective With a beak, or nose, like a hawk's bill hawkˈbell noun A small bell attached to a hawk's leg hawkˈbit noun A plant (genus Leontodon) closely related to the dandelion hawkˈ-eyed adjective Sharp-sighted hawk moth noun Any member of the Sphinx family, heavy moths with hovering flight hawkˈ-nosed adjective Having a hooked beak or nose hawk owl noun A long-tailed owl resembling a hawk in flight hawksˈbeard noun A plant (genus Crepis) very like hawkweed hawksˈbill noun A hawk-beaked turtle hawkˈweed noun (botany) A genus (Hieracium) of yellow-headed ligulate-flowered composites know a hawk from a handsaw (prob for heronshaw) to be able to judge between things pretty well watch like a hawk To keep a close eye on hawk3 /hök/transitive verbTo force up (phlegm, etc) from the throat intransitive verbTo clear the throat noisily nounThe act of doing so ORIGIN: Prob imit hawk4 /hök/nounA plasterer's slab with a handle underneath ORIGIN: Origin uncertain; a connection with hawk1 has been suggested, because of how the slab is held dove1 /duv/noun
To treat as a dove ORIGIN: OE dūfe, found only in the compound dūfe-doppa a diving bird; Ger Taube doveˈishness noun doveˈlet noun A small dove doveˈlike adjective
dovˈish or doveˈish adjective
doveˈ-colour noun Dove grey doveˈcot or doveˈcote noun
doveˈ-drawn adjective (Shakespeare) Drawn by doves doveˈ-eyed adjective Meek-eyed dove grey noun A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour doveˈ-house noun A dovecot dove'sˈ-foot noun A name for some species of cranesbill (Geranium dissectum, Geranium molle, etc) doveˈtail noun
transitive verb and intransitive verb
doveˈtailing noun dovetail saw noun A small tenon saw flutter the dovecots To disturb commonplace, conventional people, as the eagle would a dovecot (see Shakespeare, Coriolanus V.6.115) hawker2 /höˈkər/nounA person who goes round houses or streets offering goods for sale, using a beast of burden or vehicle (distinguished from a pedlar, who carries his wares bodily) ORIGIN: Cf LGer and Ger Höker, Du heuker hawk transitive verb
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