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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hark /hɑːk $ hɑːrk/ verb  1 hark at him/her/you! British English old-fashioned spokenSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE used when you think someone is saying something stupid or acting as if they are more important than they really are 听他//你吹的!〔认为某人在说蠢话或表现得自以为是〕 Hark at him! I bet he couldn’t do any better. 听他乱吹!我敢打赌他也好不到哪里去。n2. hark!3hark back phrasal verb REMEMBERto remember and talk about things that happened in the past 回想,谈论往事,追忆过去 to It’s useless to continually hark back to the past. 老是回想往事没有用。4hark back to something phrasal verb to be similar to something in the past 类似于〔过去的某事物〕 music that harks back to the early age of jazz 类似早期爵士乐的音乐→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
harkBut Joan was harking back to that awful day.But once these hurdles are overcome, women soon stop harking back to their village background and comparing everything with it.All four Gospels hark back to a period long before their own composition - perhaps as long as sixty or seventy years.Indeed, the latest microbrew trend actually harks back to ancient times, when brewers grabbed whatever flavorings were nearby.His teachings harked back to what he regarded as the real Socrates, not the one whom Plato had immortalized.Something in that statement harked back to what that other astrologer had said.
nhark!1.old useLISTEN used to tell someone to listen 听着!留神听!Origin hark (1100-1200) Probably from an unrecorded Old English heorcian
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hark
hark /hɑːk $ hɑːrk/ verb
 Date: 1100-1200
 Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English heorcian
1. hark at him/her/you! British English old-fashioned spoken used when you think someone is saying something stupid or acting as if they are more important than they really are:
    Hark at him! I bet he couldn’t do any better.
2. hark! old use used to tell someone to listen
     
hark back phrasal verb
  to remember and talk about things that happened in the past
    hark back to
    It’s useless to continually hark back to the past.
hark back to something phrasal verb
  to be similar to something in the past:
    music that harks back to the early age of jazz


harkBrE /hɑːk/ 🔊NAmE /hɑːrk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hark BrE /hɑːk/ 🔊 NAmE /hɑːrk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it harks BrE /hɑːks/ 🔊 NAmE /hɑːrks/ 🔊past simple harked BrE /hɑːkt/ 🔊 NAmE /hɑːrkt/ 🔊past participle harked BrE /hɑːkt/ 🔊 NAmE /hɑːrkt/ 🔊 -ing form harking BrE /ˈhɑːkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrkɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (old use) used only as an order to tell sb to listen (用于命令)听着,听 ˈhark at sb(BrE, informal) used only as an order to draw attention to sb who has just said sth stupid or who is showing too much pride (仅用作命令)听听某人的蠢话,看某人的傲慢样子Just hark at him! Who does he think he is? 瞧他那副德行!他以为他是谁呀?🔊🔊ˌhark ˈback (to sth)to remember or talk about sth that happened in the past 回忆起,重提(过去的事)She's always harking back to how things used to be. 她总是念叨以前的世道。🔊🔊to remind you of, or to be like, sth in the past 使想起;和(过去的事物)相似The newest styles hark back to the clothes of the Seventies. 这些最新的款式使人想起 70 年代的服装。🔊🔊