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单词 beep
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beep

(biːp)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense beeps, present participle beeping, past tense, past participle beeped
1. countable noun
A beep is a short, loud sound like that made by a car horn or an answering machine.
2. verb
If something such as a horn beeps, or you beep it, it makes a short, harsh sound.
The phone beeped and he grabbed it. [VERB]
He beeped the horn. [VERB noun]

beep in British English

(biːp)
noun
1. 
a short high-pitched sound, esp one made by the horn of a car, bicycle, etc, or by electronic apparatus
verb
2. 
to make or cause to make such a noise
Derived forms
beeper (ˈbeeper)
noun
Word origin
C20: of imitative origin

beep in American English

(bip)
noun
1. 
the brief, high-pitched sound of a horn, as on an automobile or bicycle
2. 
a brief, high-pitched electronic signal, used in warning, direction-finding, etc.
verb intransitive
3. 
to make such a sound
verb transitive
4. 
to cause to make such a sound
Word origin
echoic

Examples of 'beep' in a sentence
beep

Sometimes we hear the beeping and get up, sometimes we hear it and stay put for ten minutes.
The Sun (2016)
Twenty yards into the field we hear the first beep.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You hold it in one place until you hear a beep before moving on to the next area.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Cars beep if you don't put your seatbelt on.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He had this electronic beep which I wrote lyrics and melody over.
The Sun (2009)
When the draw was made I was driving and kept hearing the phone beep.
The Sun (2015)
There were no doctors or nurses or machines that go beep... beep... beep to be seen.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not expecting to find anything - they had searched the field before - they were astonished when one of their metal detectors emitted a loud beep.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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