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单词 beck
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(bek)
See be at sb's beck and call

beck in British English 1

(bɛk)
noun
1. 
a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
2.  at someone's beck and call
Word origin
C14: short for becnen to beckon

beck in British English 2

(bɛk)
noun
(in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one
Word origin
Old English becc, from Old Norse bekkr; related to Old English bece, Old Saxon beki, Old High German bah brook, Sanskrit bhanga wave

beck in American English 1

(bɛk)
noun
1. 
a gesture of the hand, head, etc., meant to summon
verb transitive, verb intransitive
2.  Archaic
to summon by a beck; beckon
Idioms:
at the beck and call of
Word origin
< beckon

beck in American English 2

(bɛk)
noun
Chiefly British, Dialectal
a little stream, esp. one with a rocky bottom
Word origin
ME bek < ON bekkr, a brook < IE base *bhog-, flowing water > Ger bach, MIr bual, E dial. bache

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beck

at someone's beck and call

Examples of 'beck' in a sentence
beck

Much easier here than at the beck and call of the Chief in the lab.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES (2002)
Imagine how it is, Fitz, not to have your own memories at your beck and call any more.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
I stood behind him within his beck and let my eyes drift over the gathered folk.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
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