hart
gb/hˈɑɹt/ us/hˈɑɹt/
C2
Engels
~ 27700
szarvasbika, hím szarvas
ZELFSTANDIG NAAMWOORD
C2
LITERARY
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szarvasbika
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hím szarvas
B1
The hunter silently watched the hart drinking at the edge of the forest pool.
In the tapestry, a golden hart is shown leaping through the trees.
The poet compared his restless thoughts to a fleeing hart pursued by hounds.
A wounded hart staggered out of the mist and collapsed on the hillside.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
The king saw a hart in the dark forest.
In this old story, a brave knight follows a white hart.
A hart is a male deer in old English books.
The picture shows a hart with large antlers.
Veelgemaakte fout:
Learners often confuse the spelling of 'hart' with 'heart'. 'Hart' without the 'e' only means an adult male deer and is mostly found in older or literary English. In everyday modern English, people normally say 'stag' or just 'deer' instead of 'hart'.
Betekenis
adult male deer (stag)
Woordcombinaties
hunt the hart
|a noble hart
|white hart
|hart and hind
Synoniemen
stag (The most direct modern term for an adult male deer; more common than 'hart'.)
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deer (More general; refers to the animal species as a whole, not only the adult male.)
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buck (General term for a male of some animals, including certain kinds of deer; not specific to red deer.)
Antoniemen
hind (Refers specifically to an adult female red deer, contrasting with a male 'hart'.)
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doe (General word for a female deer, the opposite sex of a male 'hart'.)
Thema's
animals
|literature
|nature
Definitie
An adult male deer, usually in old stories or poems.
An adult male deer, especially a red deer, used mainly in literary or historical English.
Grammatica
Lemmavorm
hart
IPA
GB/hˈɑɹt/
US/hˈɑɹt/
Lettergrepen en klemtoon
hart (1 lettergreep)
Stress on 1st syllable (hart)
Woordvormen
Noun
- Base: hart
- Plural: hart, harts
Woordfamilie
Uitdrukkingen
hart and hind
1/hˈɑɹt ˈænd hˈaɪnd/
fixed phrase
literary
male and female deer together
An old phrase meaning a male deer (hart) and a female deer (hind) together.
Voorbeelden
- The legend tells of a forest where hart and hind roam freely without fear of hunters.
- In the old ballad, the king vows to protect every hart and hind within his lands.
- The carved gate shows a hart and hind standing side by side beneath an oak tree.