hack

verb

/hæk/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hack	/hæk/ /hæk/
he / she / it hacks	/hæks/ /hæks/
past simple hacked	/hækt/ /hækt/
past participle hacked	/hækt/ /hækt/
-ing form hacking	/ˈhækɪŋ/ /ˈhækɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] to hit and cut somebody/something in a rough, heavy way 砍；劈
- hack somebody/something + adv./prep. I hacked the dead branches off.我把枯树枝砍掉了。
- They were hacked to death as they tried to escape.他们企图逃走时被砍死了。
- We had to hack our way through the jungle.我们不得不在丛林中辟路穿行。
- + adv./prep. We hacked away at the bushes.我们劈砍着灌木丛。
Extra Examples
- She hacked at the hedge with the shears.她用大剪刀猛剪树篱。
- The body had been hacked to pieces.尸体被砍成了碎块。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- away
- off
preposition
- at
phrases
- hack something to bits
- hack something to pieces
- hack somebody to death
- …
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[transitive] hack somebody/something + adv./prep. to kick something roughly or without control猛踢
- He hacked the ball away.他把球一脚踢开。
[intransitive, transitive] (computing计算机) to secretly find a way of looking at and/or changing information on somebody else’s computer system without permission非法侵入（他人的计算机系统）
- hack into something He hacked into the bank's computer.他侵入了这家银行的计算机。
- hack something They had hacked secret data.他们窃取了保密数据。
Topics Computersb2, Crime and punishmentb2
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (computing计算机) to work together informally and often quickly with other people to create a program using different technologies（多人合作用不同技术）快速编程
- We spent the morning hacking around with HTML and building web pages.我们花了一上午的时间用超文本标记语言和构建网页进行黑客攻击。
[transitive]
can/can’t hack it
(informal) to be able/not able to manage in a particular situation能／不能应付（某情形）
- Lots of people leave this job because they can't hack it.很多人由于应付不了这项工作而放弃了。
[intransitive]
(usually go hacking)
(especially British English) to ride a horse for pleasure骑马消遣Topics Hobbiesc2
[intransitive] (North American English, informal) to drive a taxi开出租车

Word Originverb senses 1 to 4 Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken. verb senses 5 to 6 Middle English: abbreviation of hackney ‘horse or pony of a light breed’.

hack

noun

/hæk/

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(disapproving) a writer, especially of newspaper articles, who does a lot of low quality work and does not get paid much雇佣文人（尤指廉价受雇撰写报纸庸俗文章者）Topics Literature and writingc2, TV, radio and newsc2
(disapproving) a person who does the hard and often boring work for an organization, especially a politician（受雇于组织，尤其是政客）从事艰苦乏味工作的人；杂务人员
- a party hack政党杂务人员
an ordinary horse or one that can be hired供人骑的马；可出租的马
(North American English, informal) a taxi出租车
an act of hitting something, especially with a cutting tool砍；劈
- I was sure he was going to take a hack at us.我确信他会攻击我们。
a piece of computer code that provides a quick solution to a problem by adding to the official function of a program（解决计算机程序问题的）快速修正方法
(often in compounds常构成复合词) (informal) a strategy or technique that you use in order to manage an activity in a more efficient way骇客：您用来更有效地管理活动的策略或技术
- Have you got any clever parenting hacks?你有什么聪明的育儿技巧吗？
- Why not try these genius food hacks to save time?为什么不试试这些天才食物黑客来节省时间呢？
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Word Originnoun sense 5 Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken. noun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3) of the noun): abbreviation of hackney ‘horse or pony of a light breed’. Sense (1) of the noun dates from the late 17th cent.