| 单词 | beck |
| 释义 | beck beck1 /bek/, n. 1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. 2. at someone's beck and call, ready to do someone's bidding; subject to someone's slightest wish: He has three servants at his beck and call. 3. Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting. v.t. , v.i. 4. Archaic. beckon. [1325-75; ME becken, short var. of becnen to BECKON] beck2 /bek/, n. North Eng. a brook, esp. a swiftly running stream with steep banks. [1250-1300; ME becc < Scand; cf. ON bekkr; akin to OE bece, D beek, G Bach brook, MIr bual flowing water < IE *bhog-la] beck3 /bek/, v.t. Metalworking. to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil. [v. use of beck (n.), shortening of beck-iron, var. of BICK-IRON] |
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