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hawk

noun
🔊/hɔːk/
🔊/hɔːk/
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  1. a strong fast bird of prey鹰；隼 (= a bird that kills other creatures for food). There are several different types of hawks.
    • He waited, watching her like a hawk (= watching her very closely).他等待着，用鹰一样锐利的目光紧盯着她。🔊🔊
    • The hawk swooped low over the field.雄鹰猛地一个俯冲，低低地掠过田野。
    see also red-tailed hawk, sparrowhawkTopics Birdsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryhawk + verb
    • hover
    • swoop
    • swoop down
    • …
    phrases
    • watch (somebody) like a hawk
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  2. a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force to solve problems鹰派分子；主战分子 opposite dove1
    3. Word Originnoun Old English hafoc, heafoc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch havik and German Habicht.
Idioms
have (got) eyes like a hawk
  1. to be able to notice or see everything洞察一切；眼尖
    • She's bound to notice that chipped glass. The woman has eyes like a hawk!她一定会注意到那只破损的玻璃杯。这个女人的眼睛尖着呢！🔊🔊

hawk

verb
🔊/hɔːk/
🔊/hɔːk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hawk
🔊/hɔːk/
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he / she / it hawks
🔊/hɔːks/
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past simple hawked
🔊/hɔːkt/
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past participle hawked
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-ing form hawking
🔊/ˈhɔːkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɔːkɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] hawk something to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them沿街叫卖 synonym peddle
    • He made a living hawking cleaning products from door to door.他以挨家挨户的方式贩卖清洁产品。
  2. [intransitive, transitive] hawk (something) to get phlegm (= a thick substance that forms in your nose and throat when you are ill) in your mouth when you cough 咳痰
    3. Word Originverb sense 1 late 15th cent.: probably a back-formation from hawker. verb sense 2 late 16th cent.: probably imitative.