haggard

FREQ #29703

n. 野鹰 a. 憔悴的, 形容枯槁的, 野性的

发音

UK /ˈhæɡ.əd/
AU
US /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/

词形变化

haggards 复数 more haggard 比较级 most haggard 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hunting bird captured as an adult.

    体育

    1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced

  2. 2.

    A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

    体育
  3. 3.

    A fierce, intractable creature.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A hag.

    废旧
  5. 1.

    A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 方言

    He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm

adj.
  1. 1.

    Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

    憔悴（qiáocuì）枯槁

    Pale and haggard faces.

    A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.

    The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.

  2. 2.

    Wild or untamed

    a haggard or refractory hawk

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

wasted drawn worn pinched skeletal gaunt emaciated cadaverous careworn raddled

近义相关 3

tired thin lean

词源

From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))

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