hawk

タカ

鋭い爪で他の動物を捕らえて食べる鳥。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： a hawk overhead, hawk nest, hawk wings, a hunting hawk

売り歩く、呼び売りする

人の集まる場所などで声をかけ、品物を売り歩くこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： sell, peddle

よく使う表現： hawk goods, hawk souvenirs, hawk something

痰を吐く

せきや大きな咳払いで、喉の痰を外に出すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： cough up, expectorate

よく使う表現： hawk up phlegm, hawk up mucus, hawk and spit

飛びながら狩る

飛びながら他の動物を捕まえたり襲ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： hunt in flight

よく使う表現： hawk at flies, hawk for insects