"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 *hægberie.
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.
双语例句
1. Look at the plebs! Getting all muddy! Hawhawhaw!
看看这些乡巴佬儿！满身污泥！嚯嚯嚯！
来自柯林斯例句
2. Neither will Haw study nor go to school.
Haw既不学习也不去学校.
来自辞典例句
3. Haw can he get by on such low wages?
以如此低微的工资,他如何度日?
来自辞典例句
4. China haw steadily expanded her electronics industry to meet the growing needs.
中国不断发展了电子工业来满足日益增长的需要.
来自互联网
5. You are offered a posting in London? Don't hem and haw.
