hark
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
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
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]
"Hark," said Beatrix to the children, "and I will tell you a strange story."
「聽好了，」Beatrix 對孩子們說，「我來給你們講一個精彩的故事。」
Hark to the wind howling through the trees outside the cottage.
聽那風聲在小屋外的樹林間呼嘯。
Grandmother Tariro smiled and said, "Hark! The night birds have begun to sing."
Tariro 奶奶微笑著說：「聽！夜鳥已經開始歌唱了。」
- 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
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.