释义 |
ˈhawk-like, a. Like a hawk, or like that of a hawk.
c1611Chapman Iliad xxii. 121 Who, hawk-like, ayres swiftest passenger That holds a timorous dove in chace [etc.]. 1775G. White Selborne xliii. 109 This species may be easily distinguished from the common buzzard by its hawk-like appearance. 1892Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 6 With a sudden hawk-like gesture..she tried to get hold of it. |