1
- with obj. cut with rough or heavy blows劈, 砍; 猛劈, 猛砍：
hack off the dead branches
将枯枝砍掉
no obj. men hacked at the coalface.工人们砍挖煤层截面。
1.1
- kick wildly or roughly猛踢：
he had to race from his line to hack the ball into the stand.
他不得不从他那条边线跑过来, 将球踢入看台。
2
- no obj. gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer非法获取系统（或电脑）中的数据, 非法闯入系统：
they hacked into the bank's computer
他们非法闯入了这家银行的电脑
with obj. someone hacked his computer from another location.有人从其他地点闯入了他的电脑
2.1
- program quickly and roughly粗糙快速地编程。
3
- no obj. cough persistently不停地咳：
I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours.
我午夜醒来不停地咳了几个小时。
4
- usu. with negative
hack it
informal manage; cope〈非正式〉对付, 处理： lots of people leave because they can't hack it.
很多人因为应付不了而离开了。
1
- a rough cut, blow, or stroke猛劈, 猛砍; 猛打; 挥动：
he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him.
他认定我们中的一个人会狠狠揍他的。
1.1
- (in sport) a kick or a stroke with a stick inflicted on another player（体育活动中对另一运动员的）踢; （用球杆）击打。
1.2
- a notch cut in the ice, or a peg inserted, to steady the foot when delivering a stone in curling（冰壶运动中溜掷冰壶时作为足部支撑点的）冰槽, 起蹬器。
1.3
- a tool for rough striking or cutting, e.g. a mattock or a miner's pick劈（或砍、击）的工具; 鹤嘴锄。
1.4
- archaic a gash or wound〈古〉砍得很深的伤口; 伤口：
2
- informal an act of computer hacking〈非正式〉（对电脑系统的）非法侵入。
2.1
- a piece of computer code which performs some function, especially an unofficial alternative or addition to a commercial program（尤指商务程序外的）附加计算机编码：
freeware and shareware hacks.
附加的免费或共享软件。
短语
hacking cough
- a short, dry, frequent cough短促频繁的干咳。
词源
Old English haccian 'cut in pieces'， of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken.
短语动词
hack around
- N. Amer., informal pass one's time idly or with no definite purpose〈北美, 非正式〉混日子, 闲逛, 虚度光阴。
hack someone off
- informal annoy or infuriate someone〈非正式〉惹恼某人; 激怒某人：
it really hacks me off when they whine about what a poor job we're doing.
他们不停地抱怨我们做的工作是多么的差, 真让我恼火。
1
- a writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work平庸的作家（或记者）：
as modifier a hack scriptwriter.一个平庸的编剧。
1.1
- a person who does dull routine work从事乏味工作的人, 碌碌无为的人。
2
- a horse for ordinary riding普通骑用马。
2.1
- a good-quality lightweight riding horse, especially one used in the show ring（尤指作马戏表演的） 优良而轻巧的鞍马。
2.2
- a ride on a horse骑马。
2.3
- an inferior or worn-out horse驽马, 老而无用的马。
2.4
- a horse let out for hire供出租的马。
3
- N. Amer. a taxi〈北美〉出租车。
派生词
hackery
noun词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： abbreviation of HACKNEY. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th cent.
1
- Falconry a board on which a hawk's meat is laid【猎鹰】饲鹰板。
2
- a wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc（晒乳酪等的）晒架; 晒砖台。
2.1
- a pile of bricks stacked up to dry before firing晾晒的砖垛（晾干后再放入窑内烧）。
短语
at hack
- (of a young hawk) given partial liberty but not yet allowed to hunt for itself（雏鹰）在饲养训练中（指有一定的自由, 但不准自出觅食）。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the lower half of a divided door)： variant of HATCH1.