hark

IPA/hɑːk/
KK[hˈɑrk]IPA/hɑːrk/

hark — 動詞

  • harkpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • harkshe / she / it
  • harkedpast simple
  • harking-ing form

1. an old word used as a command, telling someone to pay attention and listen caref

1.動詞不及物C1
釋義

聽（古）

古語用於叫人注意聽

an old word used as a command, telling someone to pay attention and listen carefully to a sound or to what another person is saying

例句

Hark! I hear the old church bells ringing in the distance.

聽！我聽到遠處教堂的鐘聲響起。

imperative exclamation 'Hark!'

Hark at those children — they sound like they are having a wonderful time.

聽那些孩子——他們聽起來玩得很開心。

collocation: hark at [someone/something]

常見搭配
  • hark at
  • hark to
同義詞
  • listen

    the modern, everyday equivalent used in all contexts

  • pay attention

    functional equivalent, broader in meaning but can replace 'hark' in most imperative uses

  • hearken

    even more archaic variant of the same Old English root, found in literary and biblical texts

反義詞
  • ignore

    to deliberately pay no attention to a sound or speaker

  • disregard

    formal, to take no notice of something despite being aware of it

文法句型

hark + exclamation

hark at + noun phrase

hark to + noun phrase

用法筆記

Almost exclusively used in the imperative. Common in historical fiction, poetry, and solemn or formal literary speech. The phrase hark at [someone/something] can express amused or ironic attention to what someone is saying, while hark to [sound] directs attention to a specific noise.

常見錯誤

I harked to the lecture all morning.
Hark! I can hear the lecturer speaking from the hall.
'hark' is almost never used in past-tense or progressive forms; it is a fixed imperative exclamation in modern English.

同根字

  • hearken
    動詞C2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • hark at [someone/something]
  • hark to [sound]

介系詞搭配