[N-COUNT 可数名词]鹰;隼 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.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](政治上的)鹰派人物,主战分子 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.
Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war.
鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
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[VERB 动词]叫卖;兜售 If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them.
[V n]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
...vendors hawking trinkets.
沿街兜售小饰品的小贩
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[VERB 动词](竭力)推销,兜售 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.
[V n]
[V P n (not pron)]
[V n P]
[disapproval]
[BRIT 英]
Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses.
开发商会竭力推销减价的公寓和房子。
Hawk around means the same as hawk .hawk around 同 hawk
He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video...
他正在四处推销一部长15分钟、价值5,000英镑的宣传录像片。
Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons.
其中大多数妇女在各个监狱周边兜售食品。
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[VERB 动词]用力咳痰 If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out.
[V]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
He hawked and spat.
他用力咳了咳,吐了口痰。
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[PHRASE 短语]像鹰一样注视;警惕地监视 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.
[V inflects]
相关词组:
hawk around
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hawk/hɔːk; NAmEhɔːk/
noun
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verb
hawkhawkshawkedhawkingnoun1a strong fast bird of prey(= a bird that kills other creatures for food)鹰;隼◆He waited, watching her like a hawk(= watching her very closely).他等待着,用鹰一样锐利的目光紧盯着她。☞see also
sparrowhawk
2a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force to solve problems 鹰派分子;主战分子OPP
dove
IDIOMsee
eye
n.verb1[transitive ]hawksth to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them 沿街叫卖SYN
peddle
2[intransitive , transitive ]hawk(sth) to get phlegmin your mouth when you cough 咳痰hawk/hɔːk; NAmEhɔːk/
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hawk1 noun
hawk2 verb
hawkhawk1 /hɔːk $ hɒːk/ noun [countable]
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1hawk (1)a large bird that hunts and eats small birds and animals2a politician who believes in using military forceOPP dove3watch somebody like a hawk to watch someone very carefully4have eyes like a hawk to be quick to notice things, especially small details
hawk1 noun
hawk2 verb
hawkhawk2 verb
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1[transitive] to try to sell goods, usually by going from place to place and trying to persuade people to buy them2[intransitive, transitive] to cough up phlegm
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