1
- a diurnal bird of prey with broad rounded wings and a long tail, typically taking prey by surprise with a short chase鹰。比较FALCON.
1.1
- Family Accipitridae: several genera, especially Accipiter, which includes the sparrowhawk and goshawk鹰科：数属, 尤指鹰属, 包括（食）雀鹰和苍鹰。
1.2
- N. Amer. a bird of prey related to the buzzards〈北美〉。
1.3
- Falconry any diurnal bird of prey used in falconry【猎鹰】猎鹰。
2
- a person who advocates an aggressive or warlike policy, especially in foreign affairs鹰派人物（尤指主张强硬或好战外交政策者）。比较
DOVE1 （义项2）。
3
- used in names of hawkmoths, e.g. eyed hawk用于天蛾名称中, 如eyed hawk。
no obj.
1
- (of a person) hunt game with a trained hawk（人）带鹰出猎：
he spent the afternoon hawking.
他整个下午都在用猎鹰打猎。
2
- (of a bird or dragonfly) hunt on the wing for food（鸟, 蜻蜓）飞行觅食：
swifts hawked low over the water
雨燕在水面上低飞觅食
with obj. dragonflies hawk and feed on flies蜻蜓边飞边猎食飞虫。
短语
have eyes like a hawk
- miss nothing of what is going on around one明察秋毫。
watch someone like a hawk
- keep a vigilant eye on someone, especially to check that they do nothing wrong严密监视。
派生词
hawkish
adjectivehawkishly
adverbhawkishness
nounhawklike
adjective词源
Old English hafoc, heafoc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch havik and German Habicht.
with obj.
- carry about and offer (goods) for sale, typically advertising them by shouting叫卖; 兜售：
street traders were hawking costume jewellery.
街头小贩在叫卖不值钱的仿造珠宝。
词源
late 15th cent.: back-formation from HAWKER1 .
no obj.
1- clear the throat noisily清嗓子：
he hawked and spat into the flames.
他清了清嗓子, 把痰吐到火里。
1.1
- with obj.
hawk something up
bring phlegm up from the throat从喉中用力咳痰。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably imitative.