hack

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hack1 /hæk/ ●○○ verb  1  [intransitive, transitive]CUT to cut something roughly or violently 砍，劈hack (away) at something She hacked away at the ice, trying to make a hole. 她在冰上凿，想凿出一个洞来。hack something off/down etc Whole forests have been hacked down. 整片整片的森林都已经被砍平。hack your way through/into something He hacked his way through the undergrowth. 他在灌木丛中劈出一条路来。 Both men had been hacked to death (=killed using large knives). 两个男人都被砍死了。2  [intransitive, transitive] to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else’s computer or changing information on it 侵入〔他人的计算机系统〕hack into Somebody hacked into the company’s central database. 有人侵入了这家公司的中央数据库。 He managed to hack the code. 他设法窃取了密码。 → hacker3  can’t hack something informalSTAND/BEAR to feel that you cannot continue to do something that is difficult or boring 〔因困难或乏味而〕不愿继续做某事 I’ve been doing this job for years, but I just can’t hack it anymore. 这份工作我已经干了很多年，但是我再也不想干了。4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British EnglishDSH to ride a horse along roads or through the country 骑马〔沿路而行或穿越乡村地区〕5. [intransitive] to cough in a loud unpleasant way 〔令人不舒服地〕大声咳嗽6 hack somebody off phrasal verb British English informal to annoy someone 使〔某人〕生气 His attitude really hacks me off! 他的态度实在让我生气！→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

hack• Bill Atkinson quickly hacked a driver program that allowed the mouse to move a cursor on the computer screen.• The lower-tier offence should cover simple hacking and the other, hacking with intent to steal or damage.• Robert was hacking at the base of the tree with an axe.• He picked up an axe and began hacking at the door.• But propaganda that all old-growth forests are being hacked down willy-nilly is nonsense.• But against all my expectations, the longer he kept away, the more I found I could hack it.• I couldn't stop hacking last night.• The first was hacking round Crieff, eventually posting a horrendous score of 112, with Roy Nicolson as his playing partner.• They managed to hack their way through the jungle.• All of the victims had been hacked to death.• The two women were hacked to pieces by their attackers.• The bodies of the five men had been hacked to pieces.• Often, for shrubbery to thrive, it first had to be hacked to the ground.hacked to death• Al-Walid Ibn Yazid: hacked to death.• Daphne says that many baby elephants arrive at the sanctuary in shock, having seen their entire extended family hacked to death.• This is grief and hatred and people hacked to death.• They were hacked to death and their bodies set on fire.• In the latter incident on Sept. 13 at least 26 people were shot or hacked to death, and well over 100 injured.• They were hacked to death as they sunbathed at Sodwana Bay, Zululand.• In some alleyway or runnel a man hacked to death for stealing ale.• Police reported yesterday that four black men were stabbed and hacked to death in a battle in Magoda township.hack into• A criminal gang hacked into a credit card company's most secure files.• A teenage boy managed to hack into military computer networks.

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hack2 /hæk/ noun [countable]  1  BOTCNa writer who does a lot of low-quality work, especially writing newspaper articles 〔尤指为报纸写文章的〕蹩脚文人，雇佣文人，写手 A Sunday newspaper hack uncovered the story. 某星期日报的一个雇佣文人披露了这一新闻事件。2  PGOan unimportant politician 二流政客，政治仆从 The meeting was attended by the usual old party hacks. 参加会议的还是那些无足轻重的老党徒。3. a way of using a computer to get into someone else’s computer system without their permission 〔对他人计算机系统的〕侵入4. American English informalBOTTC a taxi, or a taxi driver 出租车；出租车司机5  CUTan act of hitting something roughly with a cutting tool 砍，劈 One more hack and the branch was off. 又砍了一下树枝就掉下来了。6. HBAan old tired horse 老马7. DSHa horse you can pay money to ride on 供出租的马8  British EnglishDSH a ride on a horse 骑马 a long hack across the fields 在野外长时间骑马

Examples from the Corpus

hack• London is, or was, a great refuge for hacks.• The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer's girlfriend.• A group of hacks were huddled around the gates, waiting for her to emerge.• It was heralded by more than one hack as being just another gadget.• Before the election Davies was considered just a political hack.• On our wish-list, needless to say, we would name only serious writers, rather than hacks or functionaries.• the hacks who write TV movies• The hacks need any crumb of information to help them have a stab at selecting their probable line-ups.From Longman Business Dictionaryhackhack1 /hæk/ (also hack into) verb [transitive] COMPUTING to secretly reach information on someone else’s computer system so that you can look at, use, or change itThe police are investigating a series of computer crimes involving people thought to have hacked confidential databases.He didn’t have to hack into my personal computer to get the information. —hacking noun [uncountable]Hacking is easy if you know how to do it. → hack away at something→ See Verb tablehackhack2 noun [countable]JOB1a writer who does a lot of low quality work, especially writing newspaper articles2American English informal a taxi, or someone whose job is to drive a taxiOrigin hack1 Old English haccian hack2 (1700-1800) hackney “horse for ordinary riding”; → HACKNEYED

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hack

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hack¹ /hæk/ verb1. [intransitive and transitive] to cut something roughly or violently
    hack (away) at something
    She hacked away at the ice, trying to make a hole.
    hack something off/down etc
    Whole forests have been hacked down.
    hack your way through/into something
    He hacked his way through the undergrowth.
    Both men had been hacked to death (=killed using large knives).
2. [intransitive and transitive] to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else’s computer or changing information on it
    hack into
    Somebody hacked into the company’s central database.
    He managed to hack the code. ⇨ hacker
3. can’t hack something informal to feel that you cannot continue to do something that is difficult or boring:
    I’ve been doing this job for years, but I just can’t hack it any more.
4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English to ride a horse along roads or through the country
5. [intransitive] to cough in a loud unpleasant way
     
hack somebody off phrasal verb British English informal
  to annoy someone:
    His attitude really hacks me off__

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hack² /hæk/ noun [countable]1. a writer who does a lot of low-quality work, especially writing newspaper articles:
    A Sunday newspaper hack uncovered the story.
2. an unimportant politician:
    The meeting was attended by the usual old party hacks.
3. a way of using a computer to get into someone else’s computer system without their permission
4. American English informal a taxi, or a taxi driver
5. an act of hitting something roughly with a cutting tool:
    One more hack and the branch was off.
6. an old tired horse
7. a horse you can pay money to ride on
8. British English a ride on a horse:
    a long hack across the fields
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: She worked as a journalist on the New York Times. | I've always wanted to be a journalist.
   ▪ reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc: A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night. | He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
   ▪ correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization: our economics correspondent | a war correspondent | He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
   ▪ columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: an influential financial columnist | a gossip columnist
   ▪ hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality: The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
   ▪ newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor: an experienced newspaperman
   ▪ the press newspapers and journalists in general: The press always like a good story about the royal family. | the right-wing press
   ▪ Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices: Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.