hawk

noun

1. diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

2. a square board with a handle underneath
used by masons to hold or carry mortar

Synonym: mortarboard

3. an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

Synonym: war hawk

hawk是什么意思

verb

1. clear mucus or food from one's throat

e.g. he cleared his throat before he started to speak

Synonym: clear the throat

2. hunt with hawks

e.g. the tribes like to hawk in the desert

3. sell or offer for sale from place to place

Synonym: peddlemongerhuckstervendpitch

1. 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.

2. （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.

e.g. 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。

3. 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.

e.g. ...vendors hawking trinkets.
沿街兜售小饰品的小贩

4. （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.

e.g. Developers will be hawking cut-price flats and houses.
开发商会竭力推销减价的公寓和房子。

5. 用力咳痰
If someone hawks, they noisily clear mucus from their throat and spit it out.

e.g. He hawked and spat.
他用力咳了咳，吐了口痰。

6. 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.

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2. hawk：homing all the way killer; 霍克