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 }.]
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1 .
A hedge ;
an inclosed garden or yard .
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And eke there was a polecat in his haw . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
The fruit of the hawthorn . --
Bacon .
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Haw \
Haw \,
n . [
Etymol .
uncertain .] (
Anat .)
The third eyelid ,
or nictitating membrane .
See {
Nictitating membrane },
under {
Nictitate }.
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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 .
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Haw \
Haw \,
v .
i .
To stop ,
in speaking ,
with a sound like haw ;
to speak with interruption and hesitation .
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Cut it short ;
don '
t prose --
don '
t hum and haw .
--
Chesterfield .
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{
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 }.
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{
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 .]
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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 .
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{
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 .]
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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 .
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Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds ? --
Shak .
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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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HAW Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of HAW is a hawthorn berry How to use haw in a sentence
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HAW | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary This seemed a good joke, and they all howled and haw-hawed gleefully From Project Gutenberg He's got a big haw - haw voice, and scrubs every word he says with a tooth-brush before he says it
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What does HAW mean? - Definitions. net "Haw" can have several meanings depending on the context: 1 It is often used as an interjection expressing hesitation, doubt, or surprise 2 In botany, it refers to the fruit of a hawthorn tree or shrub 3 In terms of animal anatomy, "haw" is a term for the nictitating membrane or third eyelid in some animals, especially dogs 4
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haw, v. ¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary The earliest known use of the verb haw is in the mid 1600s OED's earliest evidence for haw is from 1632, in a text by Philip Massinger, playwright, and Nathaniel Field haw is formed within English, by conversion