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单词 hawkish
释义

hawk1 /hök/

noun
  1. A name given to many birds of prey of the family Accipitridae (related to the falcons) which includes the eagles and buzzards, esp to those of the sparrowhawk and goshawk genus (Accipiter)
  2. (in the USA) applied also to some falcons
  3. (in pl) all members of the Accipitridae (biology)
  4. A hawk moth
  5. A predatory or a keen-sighted person
  6. (in politics, industrial relations, etc) a person who advocates war, aggressiveness or confrontation rather than peace and conciliation, opp to dove
transitive verb and intransitive verb
  1. To hunt with trained hawks
  2. To hunt on the wing
ORIGIN: OE hafoc; Du havik, Ger Habicht, ON haukr

hawkˈer noun

A person who hunts with a hawk

hawkˈing noun

Falconry

adjective
  1. Practising falconry
  2. Hawklike, keen (Shakespeare)

hawkˈish adjective

hawkˈishly adverb

hawkˈishness noun

hawkˈlike adjective

hawkˈ-beaked or hawkˈ-billed adjective

With a beak, or nose, like a hawk's bill

hawkˈbell noun

A small bell attached to a hawk's leg

hawkˈbit noun

A plant (genus Leontodon) closely related to the dandelion

hawkˈ-eyed adjective

Sharp-sighted

hawk moth noun

Any member of the Sphinx family, heavy moths with hovering flight

hawkˈ-nosed adjective

Having a hooked beak or nose

hawk owl noun

A long-tailed owl resembling a hawk in flight

hawksˈbeard noun

A plant (genus Crepis) very like hawkweed

hawksˈbill noun

A hawk-beaked turtle

hawkˈweed noun (botany)

A genus (Hieracium) of yellow-headed ligulate-flowered composites

know a hawk from a handsaw

(prob for heronshaw) to be able to judge between things pretty well

watch like a hawk

To keep a close eye on

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