释义 |
beep /biːp /nounA short, high-pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn: leave a message after the beep...- Someone was beeping a car horn, long and short beeps that sounded like Morse code.
- Sorry I couldn't come to the phone right now, but leave your name number and a short message after the beep and I'll holler right back atcha!
- The sound of an electronic beep, over and over again, echoing my heartbeats.
verb [no object]1(Of a horn or electronic device) produce a beep: the machines were beeping and the tills humming...- I groan when one of the devices starts beeping or ringing or humming in a darkened theater.
- Different mechanical devices beeped and whirred on tables and panels.
- The car horn beeped, signaling that my father was getting extremely impatient.
1.1 [with object] chiefly North American Summon (someone) by means of a pager: they have themselves beeped in restaurants...- His Palm now beeps him to take the drug, as well as his vitamins.
- This could be one of his juiciest scoops in months, and it was all Jared could do to stop himself from beeping Todd again.
- She was asleep at the hotel when I beeped her, but she admitted that she would do anything to get away from Alex.
Origin Rhymes asleep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep |