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haw 音标拼音: [h'ɔ] n. 山楂,吆喝牲畜左转,呃,瞬膜
vt. 使向左转
vi. 向左转,支吾 山楂,吆喝牲畜左转,呃,瞬膜使向左转向左转,支吾 haw n 1: a spring- flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus [ synonym: { hawthorn}, { haw}] 2: the nictitating membrane of a horse v 1: utter ` haw'; " he hemmed and hawed" Haw \ Haw\ ( h[ add]), n. [ OE. hawe, AS. haga; akin to D. haag headge, G. hag, hecke, Icel. hagi pasture, Sw. hage, Dan. have garden. [ root] 12. Cf. { Haggard}, { Ha- ha}, { Haugh}, { Hedge}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard. [ 1913 Webster] And eke there was a polecat in his haw. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The fruit of the hawthorn. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Haw \ Haw\, n. [ Etymol. uncertain.] ( Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See { Nictitating membrane}, under { Nictitate}. [ 1913 Webster]
Haw \ Haw\, n. [ Cf. ha an interjection of wonder, surprise, or hesitation.] An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made. " Hums or haws." -- Congreve. [ 1913 Webster]
Haw \ Haw\, v. i. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. [ 1913 Webster] Cut it short; don' t prose -- don' t hum and haw. -- Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster] { hemming and hawing} speaking hesitantly and inarticulately, with numerous pauses and interjections. [ PJC]
Haw \ Haw\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Hawed} ( h[ add] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Hawing}.] [ Written also hoi.] [ Perhaps connected with here, hither; cf., however, F. huhau, hurhau, hue, interj. used in turning a horse to the right, G. hott, h[" u], interj. used in calling to a horse.] To turn to the near side, or toward the driver; -- said of cattle or a team: a word used by teamsters in guiding their teams, and most frequently in the imperative. See { Gee}. [ 1913 Webster] { To haw and gee}, or { To haw and gee about}, to go from one thing to another without good reason; to have no settled purpose; to be irresolute or unstable. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
Haw \ Haw\, v. t. To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen. [ 1913 Webster] { To haw and gee}, or { To haw and gee about}, to lead this way and that at will; to lead by the nose; to master or control. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
Hawthorn \ Haw" thorn`\ ( h[ add]" th[^ o] rn`), n. [ AS. haga[ thorn] orn, h[ ae] g[ thorn] orn. See { Haw} a hedge, and { Thorn}.] ( Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree ( the { Crat[ ae] gus oxyacantha}), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called { haw}. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is { Crat[ ae] gus cordata}, which has the leaves but little lobed. [ 1913 Webster] Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " haw": avert, bear off, draw aside, ease off, edge off, falter, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go off, halt, head off, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hum, hum and haw, jib, make way for, mammer, move aside, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, stammer, steer clear of, step aside, stumble, stutter, switch, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off
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