hawk

şahin, atmaca

Keskin pençeleriyle başka hayvanları yakalayıp yiyen bir kuş.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A bird with sharp claws that catches other animals for food.

• A hawk flew over the field.
• We watched the hawk catch a mouse.
• Two hawks were circling above the trees.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a hawk overhead, hawk nest, hawk wings, a hunting hawk

seyyar satıcılık yapmak, satmak

Genellikle sokakta veya kalabalık yerlerde insanlara seslenerek mal satmaya çalışmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To offer things for sale, often by calling out to people in public places.

• They hawk fruit outside the station.
• Vendors hawked cheap toys along the beach.
• He earns money hawking newspapers on busy streets.

Eş anlamlılar: sell, peddle

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hawk goods, hawk souvenirs, hawk something

balgam çıkarmak

Öksürerek veya boğazını gürültülü biçimde temizleyerek balgamı dışarı çıkarmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To force thick liquid out of your throat by coughing or clearing it loudly.

• He hawked and spat into the sink.
• She hawked up mucus after a coughing fit.
• The man kept hawking loudly behind us.

Nasıl kullanılır: hawk up something (He hawked up some mucus and spat into a tissue.)

Eş anlamlılar: cough up, expectorate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hawk up phlegm, hawk up mucus, hawk and spit

uçarak avlanmak

Uçarken başka hayvanları yakalamak veya onlara saldırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To catch or attack other animals while flying.

• Swallows hawk for insects.
• The birds hawked at flies above the water.
• Bats were hawking around the streetlights.

Nasıl kullanılır: hawk at something (The birds hawked at flies above the pond.); hawk for something (Swallows hawk for insects over the meadow.)

Eş anlamlılar: hunt in flight

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: hawk at flies, hawk for insects