cheep

noun

/tʃiːp/

the short high sound that young birds make唧唧叫；吱吱叫
- the shrill cheep of the baby starlings小椋鸟刺耳的叫声

verb

/tʃiːp/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cheep	/tʃiːp/ /tʃiːp/
he / she / it cheeps	/tʃiːps/ /tʃiːps/
past simple cheeped	/tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/
past participle cheeped	/tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/
-ing form cheeping	/ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/ /ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/

(of young birds雏鸟) to make short high sounds唧唧叫；吱吱叫
- We heard the birds cheeping as their mother fed them.我们听到鸟儿在妈妈喂它们的时候吱吱叫。
词源early 16th cent. (originally Scots): imitative (compare with the sound peep).