英语单词 | hawk |
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英美音标 | 英 [hɔːk] 美 [hɔːk] |
中文释义 | n.鹰;鹰派人物、主战分子;贪婪的人;清嗓 v.沿街叫卖;散布;鹰扑;放鹰行猎;清嗓 |
英语例句 | (1) The hawk is hovering overhead. (2) The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off. (3) He is neither a dove nor a hawk, but betwixt and between. (4) In a free market, retailers hawk their wares. (5) He's always hawking gossip about. (6) The tribes like to hawk in the desert. |
中文例句 | (1) 鹰在头顶上盘旋。 (2) 那只鹰向那小动物猛扑过去把它叼走了。 (3) 他既不是鸽派,也不是鹰派,而是中间派。 (4) 自由市场里商贩们不停地叫卖着。 (5) 他老是散播流言。 (6) 这些部落喜欢在沙漠中带鹰打猎。 |
vocabulary简明 | A hawk is a relatively large bird that hunts small animals. Hawks tend to surprise their prey, swooping down on it from above. |
vocabulary扩展 | Among birds of prey, hawks are medium-sized, with long tails and curved wings. Hawks use their high intelligence and sharp eyes for hunting smaller birds and mammals. You can also use the word hawk to mean a pro-war politician or political advisor, a term that's often contrasted with "dove," someone who almost always opposes war. This metaphorical hawk has been around since the 1960s. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. 2 [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.
3 [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]
4 [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]
5 [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]
6 [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]
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