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词汇 haw
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haw1

noun hɔː
  • The red fruit of the hawthorn.

    山楂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The birds have had to rely on haws and berries and there are no cornfields in the western regions, most birds are thin and underdeveloped because of lack of sustenance.
    • Delicious jellies and marmelades can be made from these American haws.
    • We can still find around us an abundance of hips and haws and holly, but for our once proud elms, in the UK at least, we need a Constable.
    • Decades of travel in Ireland have made it a second homeland, where my senses recognize the bright red of winter haws and the sharp green of monkey-puzzle, the light tang of gorse and the languid wetness of winter dawn.
    • Where there were walls or hedges, bright orange rosehips, black sloes, red haws and yellow ivy bloom; a few bees, a small tortoiseshell butterfly.
    • However, there appear to be lots of hips on the dog-rose, haws on the whitethorn and sloes on the blackthorn.

Origin

Old English haga, of Germanic origin; probably related to hedge (compare with Dutch haag 'hedge').

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

haw2

noun hɔː
  • The third eyelid or nictitating membrane in certain mammals, especially dogs and cats.

    (尤指狗、猫等哺乳动物的)瞬膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has developed an oily outer coat and a fleecy undercoat, and eyes that shut tight to keep out water and infection with no haw, the third eyelid seen in the St. Bernard.
    • The haw moves across the eye horizontally, reaching from the inner corner to the outside of the eye and back. When not in use, the haw folds into the corner of the eye and is barely visible.
    • Eyelids which are to deeply pendant and show conspicuously the lachrymal glands, or a very red, thick haw, and eyes that are to light, are objectionable.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a discharge from the eye): of unknown origin.

haw1

noun
  • The red fruit of the hawthorn.

    山楂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Where there were walls or hedges, bright orange rosehips, black sloes, red haws and yellow ivy bloom; a few bees, a small tortoiseshell butterfly.
    • The birds have had to rely on haws and berries and there are no cornfields in the western regions, most birds are thin and underdeveloped because of lack of sustenance.
    • Delicious jellies and marmelades can be made from these American haws.
    • We can still find around us an abundance of hips and haws and holly, but for our once proud elms, in the UK at least, we need a Constable.
    • However, there appear to be lots of hips on the dog-rose, haws on the whitethorn and sloes on the blackthorn.
    • Decades of travel in Ireland have made it a second homeland, where my senses recognize the bright red of winter haws and the sharp green of monkey-puzzle, the light tang of gorse and the languid wetness of winter dawn.

Origin

Old English haga, of Germanic origin; probably related to hedge (compare with Dutch haag ‘hedge’).

haw2

noun
  • The third eyelid or nictitating membrane in certain mammals, especially dogs and cats.

    (尤指狗、猫等哺乳动物的)瞬膜

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The haw moves across the eye horizontally, reaching from the inner corner to the outside of the eye and back. When not in use, the haw folds into the corner of the eye and is barely visible.
    • It has developed an oily outer coat and a fleecy undercoat, and eyes that shut tight to keep out water and infection with no haw, the third eyelid seen in the St. Bernard.
    • Eyelids which are to deeply pendant and show conspicuously the lachrymal glands, or a very red, thick haw, and eyes that are to light, are objectionable.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a discharge from the eye): of unknown origin.

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