A hawk hovered in the blue sky.一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
He is a hard-beaked hawk on defence spending.他是个主张增加国防军费的铁杆鹰派分子。

hawk还可用作动词,意为“叫卖”“散布”。例如:
He is hawking his goods everywhere.他到处兜售他的货物。
Who's been hawking gossip about?是谁在散布谣言?

［词源］＜古英语hafoc(鹰,隼)