英语词汇“hawk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hawk

(hɔːk )

Word forms: hawks , hawking , hawked

1. countable noun

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. countable noun

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. Compare dove.

Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war.

3. verb

If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them. [old-fashioned]

...vendors hawking trinkets. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: peddle, market, sell, push

4. verb

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. [disapproval]

Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses. [VERB noun]

Hawk around means the same as hawk. [British]

He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

5. verb

If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out. [old-fashioned]

He hawked and spat. [VERB]

6. watch sb like a hawk phrase

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.

Phrasal verbs:

hawk around

hawk [sense 4]

Image of hawk

Idioms:

watch someone like a hawk

to pay close attention to everything that someone does, usually to make sure that they do not do anything wrong

Some guys just sit there and watch her like a hawk, dead sure she's trying to cheat.

Translations:

Chinese: 鹰

Japanese: タカ

单词	hawk
释义	hawk (hɔːk ) Word forms: hawks , hawking , hawked 1. countable noun 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. countable noun 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. Compare dove. Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 3. verb If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them. [old-fashioned] ...vendors hawking trinkets. [VERB noun] Synonyms: peddle, market, sell, push 4. verb 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. [disapproval] Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses. [VERB noun] Hawk around means the same as hawk. [British] He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. verb If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out. [old-fashioned] He hawked and spat. [VERB] 6. watch sb like a hawk phrase 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. Phrasal verbs: hawk around hawk [sense 4] Image of hawk © fotoslaz, Shutterstock Idioms: watch someone like a hawk to pay close attention to everything that someone does, usually to make sure that they do not do anything wrong Some guys just sit there and watch her like a hawk, dead sure she's trying to cheat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 鹰 Japanese: タカ
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