haggard
['hægɚd]
n. 野鹰

a. 憔悴, 形容槁, 野性

1. He looks haggard.
   很憔悴。
2. The old lady has a haggard face.
   老很槁。
3. Morris looked very handsome, but terribly haggard.
   莫里斯看去还很漂亮，但十憔悴。

haggard
[ noun ]

1. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

1. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

<adj.all>
looking careworn as she bent over her mending
her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
that raddled but still noble face
shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face

2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

<adj.all>
emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Haggard \Hag"gard\ (h[a^]g"g[~e]rd), a. [F. hagard; of German
origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild,
untamed. See {Hedge}, 1st {Haw}, and {-ard}.]
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty;
untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering;
hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by
pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as,
haggard features, eyes.

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
--Dryden.


Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See {Haggard}, a.]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature.

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak.

3. [See {Haggard}, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.


Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See 1st {Haw}, {Hedge}, and {Yard} an
inclosed space.]
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.