haggard

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhæɡ.əd/    美 /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hunting bird captured as an adult.
    — No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock.
  2. A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc. Ireland,Scotland,dialectal
    — He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm
  3. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  4. A fierce, intractable creature. obsolete
    — I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
  5. A hag. obsolete
    — In a dark Grott the baleful Haggard lay, Breathing black Vengeance, and infecting Day
形容词 adj.
  1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
    — Pale and haggard faces.
  2. Wild or untamed
    — a haggard or refractory hawk

词形变化

more haggard comparative most haggard superlative haggards plural haggards plural

词汇关系

近义词
careworn haggard drawn weary woeworn
反义词
active bright cheerful
上位词
cadaverous deteriorated fatigued
下位词
bloodshot deep-set pallid sunken
衍生词
haggardly haggardness
相关词
apathetic cheerless grim inactive quiet sad scrawny slow stern

词源

词源 1
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))
词源 2
From Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”).
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