hark
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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/她/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!3 hark 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。4 hark 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
hark• But 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 heorcianis saying think Corpus used you when someone something
hark
hark /hɑːk $ hɑːrk/
verb
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
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:Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English heorcian
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
hark back to something phrasal verb
to be similar to something in the past: