英语词汇“peck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peck
释义	peck I. \ˈpek\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pek, from Old French 1. a. : either of two units of dry capacity equal to 1/4 bushel: (1) : a United States unit equivalent to 537.605 cubic inches (2) : a British unit equivalent to 554.84 cubic inches — see measure table b. : the quantity measured by a peck c. : a container used as a peck measure 2. : a large quantity or number < a peck of trouble > < a peck of dirt > < a peck of uncertainties and doubts — John Milton > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English pecken, alteration of piken to pierce — more at pick *transitive verb* 1. a. : to strike, pierce, or make holes in (as wood) with or as if with quick movements of the beak < pecked the tree all morning > b. : to kiss in a quick perfunctory fashion < she pecked his forehead — John Galsworthy > 2. : to pick up (as food) with the beak < give the hens a feed of whole grain … to peck and pick over — Emily Holt > — often used with up < watching hens … peck up the pulps from the sand — Lillian Smith > 3. a. : to make or produce by repeated strokes of the beak or of a pointed tool < the group of elk were pecked out … on a rocky monolith — W.D.Hartley > < figures … pecked into the rock — F.H.H.Roberts > b. : to shape (stone) by striking or abrading with a hammerstone < stone was … pecked and ground into cylindrical pestles — A.C.Spaulding > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to strike, pierce, or pick up something with repeated small blows or movements with or as if with a beak — often used with at < a hen that pecks all day > < pecked at the hard ground with a pickaxe > b. : to deliver a series of petty and repeated blows — usually used with at < left hand pecked … at the old fighter's eyes — Donn Byrne > < there wasn't any use just pecking at them — J.P.Marquand > c. : carp, scold, nag — usually used with at < my wife keeps peckin' at me — H.L.Davis > d. : to strike the keys especially of a typewriter or piano with quick downward thrusts of the fingers — usually used with at < started pecking at the keys — Eleanor Bayer > < pecking away at the yellowed keys — Frank Brookhouser > 2. a. : eat < wants to know if you'll peck with us — Richard Dehan > b. : to bite daintily : nibble — usually used with at < pecked, without enthusiasm, at a lamb chop — P.B.Kyne > III. noun (-s) 1. : food, grub 3 2. : an impression or hole made by pecking 3. a. : an act of pecking : a quick sharp stroke (as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument) b. : a kiss like a bird's peck < leaned down to give her a brief peck on the cheek — Louis Auchincloss > 4. : peckiness IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: alteration of pick (to pitch) *transitive verb* chiefly dialect : pitch, fling, jerk *intransitive verb* of a horse : to stumble as a result of landing on the toe after taking a jump < pecked badly, but recovered and won by a head — Adrian Bell > V. dialect variant of pick
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