"enclosure," Old English haga "enclosure, fortified enclosure; hedge," from Proto-Germanic *hag- (cognates: Old Norse hagi, Old Saxon hago, German Hag "hedge;" Middle Dutch hage, Dutch haag, as in the city name The Hague), from PIE root *kagh- "to catch seize; wickerwork fence" (see hedge (n.), and compare hag). Meaning "fruit of the hawthorn bush" (Old English) is perhaps short for *h?gberie.
haw (v.)
"hesitate in speech," 1580s, imitative. Related: Hawed; hawing. The noun in this sense is from c. 1600. Haw-haw in reference to a style of affected upper class British enunciation is from 1841, imitative.
雙語例句
1. Look at the plebs! Getting all muddy! Hawhawhaw!
看看這些鄉(xiāng)巴佬兒！滿身污泥！嚯嚯嚯！
來自柯林斯例句
2. Neither will Haw study nor go to school.
Haw既不學(xué)習(xí)也不去學(xué)校.
來自辭典例句
3. Haw can he get by on such low wages?
以如此低微的工資,他如何度日?
來自辭典例句
4. China haw steadily expanded her electronics industry to meet the growing needs.
中國不斷發(fā)展了電子工業(yè)來滿足日益增長的需要.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. You are offered a posting in London? Don't hem and haw.