Peck



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 啄食; 轻啄
• ［英］ n. 啄食; 轻啄 ( to strike with a beak)
• ［类］ peck: kiss / glance : look ( 轻啄和接吻 / 一瞥和观看)

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Middle English pek, from Anglo-French
• Date: 13th century
• 1. — see weight table
• 2. a large quantity or number

II. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German pekken
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool
    • b. to make by pecking <peck a hole>
  • 2. to pick up with the bill
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the bill
    • b. carp, nag
  • 2. to eat reluctantly and in small bites <peck at food>

III. noun

• Date: circa 1591
• 1. an impression or hole made by pecking
• 2. a quick sharp stroke
• 3. a quick light kiss <a peck on the cheek>

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