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单词 hark
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Definition of hark in English:

hark

verb hɑːkhɑrk
[no object]literary
  • 1usually in imperative Listen.

    〈诗/文〉听,听啊

    Hark! He knocks

    听啊,他在敲门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nawasi, I speak to you of the future of your people, hark, child, listen.
    • But hark, I hear another mirthful chortle from the professor and I'm off into the undergrowth again in search of another tantalising discovery…
    • But hark… isn't that Carnatic music floating in the air?
    • So, hark, I venture forth into the narrow confines of this Northern Italian city, searching for the romance which so filled young Romeo's heart.
    • Oh wait a minute hark is that another threat from yonder that dost break?
    Synonyms
    listen, lend an ear, pay attention, pay heed, attend, mark, note, notice
    1. 1.1hark atBritish informal Used to draw attention to someone who has said or done something considered to be foolish or silly.
      〈非正式〉 用于提醒人们注意说了蠢话或做了傻事听…在说些什么
      just hark at you, speaking all lah-de-dah!

      听听你自己在哩哩啦啦地说些什么,全是装腔作势的一派胡言!

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Make a roux (ooh, hark at me and my fancy cookery phrases) by melting the butter in a saucepan, heating it to bubbling point, then adding the flour and stirring until the mixture turns golden.
      • When we were flying to Texas at Xmas (ooh, hark at him!) the plane had a neat feature showing you exactly where we were on the globe and where we'd been.
      • We move on March 17th, into leafy Hampstead (ooh, hark at us!) and this utterly cavernous 1930s mansion flat with wooden floors, white walls, enormous windows, gigantic rooms and art deco kitsch tiling in the bathroom.
      • But hark at me, coming over all puritan after a ‘detox’ weekend away (never mind the fact we drank more than a normal night down the Horse).
      • Oh hark at me, I'm giving away some details of my personal life on my weblog… where will this madness end?

Phrasal Verbs

  • hark back to

    • 1Mention or remember (something from the past)

      回顾(或想到)往事;提及过去

      if it was such a rotten holiday, why hark back to it?

      如果是那么糟糕的一个假期,你干吗还要提它呢?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And - although I wouldn't go all the way with this point - there is a feeling that looking to the future is more important than harking back to the past.
      • Living in the past and harking back to your mistakes only makes a victim of you.
      • The Dutchman has engaged in a PR drive over the past seven days, harking back to the special days of Nicholson.
      • You can say that I hark back to the past and you would be right, because I am, but I do so for a reason.
      • But nowadays, though the old men and women remember, the younger generations no longer hark back to that bitter past.
      • Much of his speech harked back to Africa's harsh past under European powers.
      • But the event was not simply about harking back to the past.
      • One will have no choice over the course of the following week but to keep harking back to a past well documented while the other's only option is to look forward to a future unknown.
      • But, while it's fashionable to hark back to the past, Armfield believes that many aspects of the game are better than ever before.
      • And he is harking back to another past meeting for inspiration.
      Synonyms
      recall, call to mind, recollect, think of
      1. 1.1Evoke (an older style or genre)
        唤起对(某种较老的风格或流派)的回忆,使人想起(往昔的风格、流派)
        paintings that hark back to Constable and Turner

        勾起人们对康斯特布尔和特纳作品的回忆的油画。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • His relaxed guitar style harks back to the Hendrix of Electric Lady Land.
        • The new development takes its inspiration from the past and harks back to the original design of the public house.
        • Reflective surfaces actually hark back to the Art Deco style, though their stylishness seems very ‘LA’ to me.
        • If Brunel's engineering projects were radical, pioneering and futuristic, his architecture displayed a passion for ornament and an eclectic mix of historic styles that harks back to Regency days.
        • Its style harks back to the days when wealthy industrialists commissioned architects to design gracious new homes.
        • Elsewhere, women's dresses and coats, harking back to '50s and '60s styles and stiffened with foam rubber, hung in rows on the wall.
        • Box hedging harks back to the past, but depending on its arrangement, can also look incredibly contemporary.
        • Peyroux's nomadic life and folksy, natural style of singing also hark back to a simpler era, when a teenager could run away from home and join a band of street musicians.
        • We'd like to see rock move into the future, where it's fused in different genres and not harking back to the '70s.
        • Firstly, however, is the arrival of Jenna G, a truly soulful diva, whose vocal style harks back to the heady days of Nina Simone.
        Synonyms
        recall, call to mind, look back to, turn back to, cause one to remember, cause one to recollect, cause one to think back to

Origin

Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to German horchen, also to hearken.

Rhymes

arc, ark, Bach, bark, barque, Braque, Clark, clerk, dark, embark, impark, Iraq, Ladakh, Lamarck, lark, macaque, marc, mark, marque, narc, nark, Newark, park, quark, sark, shark, snark, spark, stark, Vlach

Definition of hark in US English:

hark

verbhɑrkhärk
[no object]literary
  • Listen.

    〈诗/文〉听,听啊

    Hark! He knocks

    听啊,他在敲门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But hark… isn't that Carnatic music floating in the air?
    • But hark, I hear another mirthful chortle from the professor and I'm off into the undergrowth again in search of another tantalising discovery…
    • Oh wait a minute hark is that another threat from yonder that dost break?
    • Nawasi, I speak to you of the future of your people, hark, child, listen.
    • So, hark, I venture forth into the narrow confines of this Northern Italian city, searching for the romance which so filled young Romeo's heart.
    Synonyms
    listen, lend an ear, pay attention, pay heed, attend, mark, note, notice

Phrasal Verbs

  • hark back to

    • Evoke (an older style or genre)

      唤起对(某种较老的风格或流派)的回忆,使人想起(往昔的风格、流派)

      paintings that hark back to Constable and Turner

      勾起人们对康斯特布尔和特纳作品的回忆的油画。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If Brunel's engineering projects were radical, pioneering and futuristic, his architecture displayed a passion for ornament and an eclectic mix of historic styles that harks back to Regency days.
      • Elsewhere, women's dresses and coats, harking back to '50s and '60s styles and stiffened with foam rubber, hung in rows on the wall.
      • The new development takes its inspiration from the past and harks back to the original design of the public house.
      • Box hedging harks back to the past, but depending on its arrangement, can also look incredibly contemporary.
      • Reflective surfaces actually hark back to the Art Deco style, though their stylishness seems very ‘LA’ to me.
      • Its style harks back to the days when wealthy industrialists commissioned architects to design gracious new homes.
      • Firstly, however, is the arrival of Jenna G, a truly soulful diva, whose vocal style harks back to the heady days of Nina Simone.
      • His relaxed guitar style harks back to the Hendrix of Electric Lady Land.
      • Peyroux's nomadic life and folksy, natural style of singing also hark back to a simpler era, when a teenager could run away from home and join a band of street musicians.
      • We'd like to see rock move into the future, where it's fused in different genres and not harking back to the '70s.
      Synonyms
      recall, call to mind, look back to, turn back to, cause one to remember, cause one to recollect, cause one to think back to
  • hark back

    • Mention or remember something from the past.

      回顾(或想到)往事;提及过去

      if it was such a rotten vacation, why hark back to it?

      如果是那么糟糕的一个假期,你干吗还要提它呢?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Living in the past and harking back to your mistakes only makes a victim of you.
      • You can say that I hark back to the past and you would be right, because I am, but I do so for a reason.
      • And he is harking back to another past meeting for inspiration.
      • And - although I wouldn't go all the way with this point - there is a feeling that looking to the future is more important than harking back to the past.
      • Much of his speech harked back to Africa's harsh past under European powers.
      • But, while it's fashionable to hark back to the past, Armfield believes that many aspects of the game are better than ever before.
      • One will have no choice over the course of the following week but to keep harking back to a past well documented while the other's only option is to look forward to a future unknown.
      • But nowadays, though the old men and women remember, the younger generations no longer hark back to that bitter past.
      • The Dutchman has engaged in a PR drive over the past seven days, harking back to the special days of Nicholson.
      • But the event was not simply about harking back to the past.
      Synonyms
      recall, call to mind, recollect, think of

Origin

Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to German horchen, also to hearken.

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