Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hawks, present participle hawking, past tense, past participle hawked
1N-COUNT 鹰;隼 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. 鹰;隼
2N-COUNT (政治上的)鹰派人物,主战分子 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. (政治上的)鹰派人物,主战分子
Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war.
鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
3VERB 叫卖;兜售 If someone hawks goods, they sell them by walking through the streets or knocking at people's houses, and asking people to buy them. 叫卖;兜售 [old-fashioned]
4VERB (竭力)推销,兜售 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. (竭力)推销,兜售 [disapproval] [British]
Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses. [VERB noun]
开发商会竭力推销减价的公寓和房子。
Hawk around means the same as hawk .hawk around 同 hawk
He is hawking around a 15-minute, £5,000 promotional video.
他正在四处推销一部长15分钟、价值5,000英镑的宣传录像片。
Most of the women were hawking food around the various prisons.
其中大多数妇女在各个监狱周边兜售食品。
5VERB 用力咳痰 If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out. 用力咳痰 [old-fashioned]
He hawked and spat. [VERB]
他用力咳了咳,吐了口痰。
6PHRASE 像鹰一样注视;警惕地监视 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. 像鹰一样注视;警惕地监视
HAWK + VERB | PHRASESHAWK + VERB➤hover鷹盤旋▸➤swoop, swoop down鷹猛撲;鷹猛撲下來◇The hawk swooped low over the field.雄鷹猛地一個俯衝,低低地掠過田野。PHRASES➤watch (sb) like a hawk像老鷹一樣盯視着(某人)◇He waited, watching his prisoner like a hawk.他等待着,像鷹一般注視着他的俘虜。