hawk

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n. 鹰, 掠夺者, 鹰派成员 vi. 放鹰行猎, 像鹰一般地袭击, 清嗓, 咳嗽 vt. 捕捉, 咳出, 兜售, 叫卖, 散播

发音

US /ˈhɔk/
UK /ˈhɔːk/
CA /ˈhɒk/

词形变化

hawks 复数 hawks 三单 hawking 现在分词 hawked 过去式 hawked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

    老鹞

    It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.

  2. 2.

    Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.

  3. 3.

    Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.

    生物 动物学
  4. 4.

    An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

    鹰派

    政治
  5. 5.

    An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.

    计算机 工程 数学
  6. 6.

    Cold, sharp or biting wind.

    美国
  7. 1.

    A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

  8. 1.

    A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hunt with a hawk.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

    不及物

    to hawk at flies

  3. 1.

    To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

    及物

    The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.

  4. 1.

    To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.

    不及物 及物

    to hawk a loogie

  5. 2.

    To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

    不及物 及物

    Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc, from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *kap- (“seize”). Cognate with West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).

来源:wiktionary