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hawker

/haw-ker/US // ˈhɔ kər //UK // (ˈhɔːkə) //

小贩,小商贩,贩子,小商小贩

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who hunts with hawks or other birds of prey.

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Examples

  • The coastal city was unfamiliar, from the language, to the dusty streets packed with motorcycles, horse carts, and hawkers, but he immediately felt at home.

  • Shuffling behind tour guides, gazing upward at the architecture or pausing abruptly to buy souvenirs from street hawkers, the visitors were often a nuisance to locals navigating the streets.

  • A particularly vivid instance comes from an interview conducted by the journalist Paul Hawker in 2010.

  • Could it have taken her any longer to break up with that hawker of newspaper scandal, Carlisle?

  • In fact, the private jet—a Gulfstream, a Hawker-Beechcraft—occupies a central role in American corporate culture.

  • The flagon which contained the giants allowance of liquor is mentioned by Hawker in a private letter.

  • The grave-digger said he had been christened and married by Mr. Hawker: one of the best passons, he added, us ever had.

  • Hawker and Landor (it may be remarked by the way) were in many respects kindred spirits.

  • Possibly Hawker altered this in accordance with the superstition mentioned on p. 21.

  • This screen was constructed by Mr. Hawker from the rescued remnants of an older screen, pieced together with ironwork.