peck
verb /pek/
/pek/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they peck | /pek/ /pek/ |
| he / she / it pecks | /peks/ /peks/ |
| past simple pecked | /pekt/ /pekt/ |
| past participle pecked | /pekt/ /pekt/ |
| -ing form pecking | /ˈpekɪŋ/ /ˈpekɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of birds
鸟 啄；鹐 - peck (at something) A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。 - Hens pecked around in the yard.
母鸡在院子里啄食。 - peck something A bird had pecked a hole in the sack.
一只鸟把袋子啄了个洞。 - peck something out Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。
- peck (at something) A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
- [transitive] (informal) to kiss somebody lightly and quickly
匆匆地轻吻 - peck somebody on something He pecked her on the cheek as he went out.
他出门时匆匆轻吻了一下她的面颊。 - peck something She pecked his cheek.
她轻吻了一下他的脸。
- peck somebody on something He pecked her on the cheek as he went out.
词源late Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Middle Low German pekken ‘peck (with the beak)’.
Idioms
a/the pecking order
- (informal, often humorous) the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group
等级排序 - New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.
新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。 - to be first in the pecking order
排名第一
- New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.