beck
noun /bek/
/bek/
(British English, dialect)Idioms - a small river
小溪 词源noun Middle English: from Old Norse bekkr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch beek and German Bach. Used as the common term for a brook in northern areas, beck often refers, in literature, to a brook with a stony bed or following a rugged course, typical of such areas.at somebody's beck and call. Middle English: from archaic beck, abbreviated form of beckon.
Idioms
at somebody’s beck and call
- always ready to obey somebody’s orders
随时待命 - She is constantly at the beck and call of her invalid father.
她总是听从她病弱的父亲的吩咐。 - Don't expect to have me at your beck and call.
休想随意摆布我。
- She is constantly at the beck and call of her invalid father.