单词 | chicken hawk |
释义 | chicken hawk in American English US any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl chicken hawk in American Englishnoun 1. Also called: hen hawk (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry 2. slang an older man who seeks out boys as sexual partners Word origin [1820–30, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, blouse, karma, takeoffExamples of 'chicken hawk' in a sentence |
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