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verb pɛkpɛk 1no object (of a bird) strike or bite something with its beak. （鸟）啄，（用喙）咬 two geese were pecking at some grain 两只鹅正啄着谷粒。 with object vultures pecked out the calf's eyes Example sentencesExamples - Outside Pittsburgh he'd found her flowered hat floating in a pond, half pecked apart by birds.
- The cassowary pecks the ground, gobbling fat worms with quick chops of its beak.
- Its strong, sharp beak pecked sharply at Wayne's exposed forearm.
- The bird waited below, pecking furiously at its own neck.
- Mrs Wheeler said she thought the noise made by the burglars was the bad weather or birds pecking on the roof.
- Subdued chickens peck around the dirt for any trace of discarded food.
- The chickens are pecking, the cows are mooing, and the pigs are, well, eating slop.
- At first it was thought Pebbles had been pecked by a bird or had been fighting with another cat.
- A small, red chicken was pecking around in the grass, near the fence.
- Almost all of his grass has been pecked up by birds in search of a tasty meal.
- I got quite used to tiny black Tussock birds pecking matter-of-factly at my shoes.
- Farmers trim from a third to a half of the beaks off chickens, turkeys, and ducks to cut losses from poultry pecking each other.
- People stuck outside were getting pecked by thousands of birds at a time.
- It started at age five when I got pecked on the head by an emu.
- The rooster and hens came squawking and pecking around his feet.
- Chickens were pecking in a small yard and pigs were rolling in a mud swamp.
- Birds sang more clearly now, and woodpeckers pecked with more zest than they had heard the night before.
- The hens also have helped control scorpions - they peck off the stinger and then work on the rest.
- A bird pecking for food a few steps ahead of me sensed my approach and flew off the ground and disappeared into the woods.
- The woodpecker was pecking away at some stupid tree.
Synonyms bite, nip, strike, hit, tap, rap, jab, poke, prick - 1.1with object Make (a hole) by striking with the beak.
啄成（一个洞） robins are the worst culprits, pecking holes in every cherry 知更鸟是最可恶的鸟，它在每个樱桃上都要啄洞。 Example sentencesExamples - A bird with a penchant for 17 th-century Dutch art has paid the ultimate price for flying into a museum gallery and pecking a hole in a masterpiece.
- She was well and truly dead with her head flopped in the water and the back of her neck was a gaping hole where she had been pecked.
- Apparently the crow pecks a small hole in the toad to get at the liver.
- He's a prissy fellow, and he takes about 10 or 15 seconds just to peck a hole that is large enough to pull one of the kernels through.
- 1.2with object Kiss (someone) lightly or perfunctorily.
轻轻地吻；漫不经心地吻，敷衍地吻 she pecked him on the cheek 她轻轻地吻了一下他的脸颊。 Example sentencesExamples - Leaning in slowly, he pecks me on the cheek and says goodbye before walking out the door.
- He smiled, walked over, and pecked her on the cheek.
- ‘Thank you for the flowers you sent me,’ she said, pecking him on the cheek.
- He pecked her on the lips and grabbed his jacket.
- I take a deep breath and lean forward, standing on my tiptoes to peck him lightly on the mouth.
- Maddie waltzed over to her father, pecking him quickly on the cheek.
- He glowered at her, and she giggled, then pecked him a quick kiss on the cheek and leaped off to another tree.
- Sasha smiles at him then quickly pecks him on the lips.
- ‘Well, I didn't know I had that effect on you, my love,’ he said, pecking me once quickly on the lips.
- I pecked him on the cheek, grabbed the suitcase and hopped out.
- She pecked me on the cheek, lightly, and headed upstairs.
- I smiled back and pecked him lightly on the cheek.
- She pecked him on the lips daintily, as though a kiss was her reward for having found him.
- ‘Absolutely,’ he responded, pecking me on the cheek again before taking my hand, leading me onto the ice.
- She pecked him on the cheek and he kissed her forehead.
- ‘Thank you,’ I replied and quickly pecked him on the cheek and began eating.
- Eugene smiled at her and pecked her on the cheek.
- He pecked her lightly on the lips before heading toward the door.
- Ashton pulled back from our hot kiss and pecked me once for good measure.
- My dad pecks me on the forehead and leaves with my mom.
Synonyms kiss, plant a kiss, give someone a peck informal give someone a smacker - 1.3peck atinformal no object (of a person) eat (food) listlessly or daintily.
〈非正式〉（人）勉强小口地吃（食物），一点一点地吃（食物） don't peck at your food, eat a whole mouthful 不要那么一小口一小口地吃，大口吃。 Example sentencesExamples - These dishes were small and neatly packaged, and before long, I found myself pecking at my food in an appraising, sensitive way, and nibbling in tiny little bites.
- I was determined not to spend the rest of my life as ‘Fatty the gargantuan’ and so I just pecked at my food, ignoring my rebellious stomach, which was screaming for food like an overweight baby.
- She made a pretence of pecking at her food, then excused herself and retreated to her rooms.
Synonyms nibble, pick at, pick over, take very small bites from, eat listlessly, toy with, play with, eat like a bird, show no appetite for, eat sparingly of - 1.4with object Type (something) laboriously.
缓慢而费力地用打字机打 Paul was pecking out letters with two fingers on his typewriter 他的儿子保罗在打字机上用两根手指缓慢而费力地打信。 Example sentencesExamples - Seri was pecking away at the keyboard, he seemed very into something.
- This allowed them to input small amounts of text data quickly without having to peck at a tiny keyboard with their fingers.
- The right thumb pecks away at a phone number; the other presses the lonely ‘send’ key to the left of the screen.
- The challenge of creating a keyboard for handheld devices was that such a product would have to be large enough for human fingers to peck at but small enough to work with a portable.
- They eat dinner on trays in the living room, where their daughter pecks away at a homework assignment on an aged computer.
- Trading is now done rather demurely, by pecking at a keyboard.
- Turning it lengthwise she tediously pecked in a couple of commands on a tiny keypad with her nail.
- Four middle-aged guys, dressed business-casual, are sitting at a long desk in an off-white room, sifting through files and pecking at laptops.
- I'm in the study, pecking away at my keyboard, the window at my side thrown wide open to let the overnight air out of the house.
- Rather than peck away and publish, Kathy would go away and think.
- It's a simple stream-of-consciousness bit, pecked out on my laptop during a recent mini-tour that took in Wisconsin, California, and Arizona.
- Then, chin pointed up arrogantly, she went back to pecking away at the bleach-white keyboard before her.
- 1.5archaic with object Strike with a pick or other tool.
〈古〉（用凿子等）凿；琢 part of a wall was pecked down and carted away 墙的一部分已被凿掉，并用车运走了。
noun pɛkpɛk 1A stroke or bite by a bird with its beak. （鸟）啄，（用喙）咬 the bird managed to give its attacker a sharp peck 这只鸟给了攻击者凌厉的一啄。 Example sentencesExamples - Ace, not liking his perch to have been taken, came down and gave a sharp peck on Jerome's hand.
- Ratios of pecks per pace were calculated to estimate foraging rate at the time and place of observation.
- Nestlings use this beak hook in lunging pecks and bites to the backs and heads of their siblings that result in scratches, bruises, and skin lesions.
- Such injuries may be caused by bird pecks, insect damage, mechanical abrasion, or by tightly compressed berries which burst when the vine takes up water after rainfall.
- Patience finally paid off as one hopped slowly, slowly towards me and I felt the peck of a tiny beak in my hand.
- Arrow flipped under her and gave her a quick peck underneath her beak.
- The mother bird started to peck at me, but I dodged all the pecks and hit her beak with my mace.
- Peck rates were recorded by counting the number of pecks during a period of continuous head-down posture, which was timed with a stopwatch.
- 1.1 A light or perfunctory kiss.
轻轻的一吻；漫不经心的一吻，敷衍的一吻 a fatherly peck on the cheek 一个在脸颊上的父爱般的轻吻。 Example sentencesExamples - I gave him a peck on the lips and went back downstairs.
- What had started out as an innocent peck suddenly turned into something more.
- He gave her a light peck on the cheek and then returned to his own room.
- I didn't want a peck on the cheek to be my goodnight kiss.
- It wasn't even a kiss to her, maybe just a peck on the cheek, but that was all.
- Devon gave me a quick peck on the lips and stroked my hair.
- James dropped a quick peck onto his mother's cheek and slid onto a bar stool where bacon and eggs awaited him.
- She greeted Alex with a quick peck on both cheeks, then immediately turned her gaze to Evan.
- Lola dotes on him hand and foot, trying to rekindle his emotions, but earns only a perfunctory peck on the cheek at best.
- He says ‘Goodbye, dear’ and gives her a peck on the cheek at their door.
- We said goodbye and he gave me a peck on the cheek.
- She wanted to kiss him, even a gentle peck on the cheek, but she didn't think that it would be appropriate.
- She stepped towards him and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
- Without even a peck, Julio turns away down the thick stone steps and runs.
- She didn't know if she was expecting a hug, a peck on the cheek or a kiss.
- Jason shared an intimate embrace and a self-conscious peck with Antoine.
- Not just a peck on the cheek, a really passionate kiss.
- He was changing a light bulb and she gave him a peck on the cheek, and he was in shock.
- Cordially, he gave Megan a peck on the cheek and Kayla a quick kiss across the lips.
- He embraced her, as she gave him a peck on the lips.
2archaic, informal mass noun Food. 〈古〉食物 he wants a little more peck 他想再多要一点吃的东西。
OriginLate Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Middle Low German pekken 'peck (with the beak)'. This is probably a dialect variant pick (see pike). In the 1920s researchers in animal behaviour observed that hens have a social hierarchy in which some within the flock are able to attack or threaten others without retaliation. This is the pecking order, soon recognized in other animal groups and also in human society. It is a translation of the original German term Hackordnung. The origin of keep your pecker up, ‘stay cheerful’, is unrelated to the slang use of pecker for the penis (E20th from the USA). It has been around since the 1850s, and is even used by Charles Dickens in a letter in 1857. It most probably comes from the comparison of a bird's beak to a person's nose, and is thus much the same idea as ‘chin up’.
Rhymesbeck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, sneck, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek, wreck noun pɛkpɛk 1A measure of capacity for dry goods, equal to a quarter of a bushel (2 imperial gallons = 9.092 litres, or 8 US quarts = 8.81 l). 配克（干量名，等于1/4蒲式耳 2英制加仑等于9. 092升，或8美制夸脱等于8.81升） Example sentencesExamples - America is now the last major power to retain feet and gallons and bushels and pecks.
- If you don't know your bushel from your peck take a look.
- 1.1archaic A large number or amount of something.
〈古〉许多，大量 一大堆污物。 Example sentencesExamples - Proceeding in January to the border of a frozen truck-farm, a peck of seeds with husks and other fragments was quickly gathered.
- We all have to eat a peck of dirt, the saying goes, but some of us enjoy it more than others.
- I have a distinct distrust of any man who smells of soap and believe we all have to eat a peck of dirt before we die, but there are limits.
- As my old Mum used to say, ‘You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die’.
OriginMiddle English (used especially as a measure of oats for horses): from Anglo-Norman French pek, of unknown origin. verb pɛkpɛk [no object](of a horse) pitch forward or stumble as a result of striking the ground with the front rather than the flat of the hoof. 〈非正式〉（马）向前跌倒；绊倒 her father's horse had pecked slightly on landing 她父亲的马前蹄着地时稍微绊了一下。 Example sentencesExamples - However, Chilling Place pecked on landing and weakened into third, giving the Grade One race to 3-1 shot Marcel, who kept on to hold It's Just Harry by two lengths.
OriginVariant of obsolete pick 'fix (something pointed) in the ground'. verbpɛkpek 1no object (of a bird) strike or bite something with its beak. （鸟）啄，（用喙）咬 two geese were pecking at some grain 两只鹅正啄着谷粒。 with object vultures pecked out the calf's eyes Example sentencesExamples - At first it was thought Pebbles had been pecked by a bird or had been fighting with another cat.
- Chickens were pecking in a small yard and pigs were rolling in a mud swamp.
- The cassowary pecks the ground, gobbling fat worms with quick chops of its beak.
- Subdued chickens peck around the dirt for any trace of discarded food.
- Its strong, sharp beak pecked sharply at Wayne's exposed forearm.
- The rooster and hens came squawking and pecking around his feet.
- The woodpecker was pecking away at some stupid tree.
- I got quite used to tiny black Tussock birds pecking matter-of-factly at my shoes.
- The bird waited below, pecking furiously at its own neck.
- Almost all of his grass has been pecked up by birds in search of a tasty meal.
- Farmers trim from a third to a half of the beaks off chickens, turkeys, and ducks to cut losses from poultry pecking each other.
- Outside Pittsburgh he'd found her flowered hat floating in a pond, half pecked apart by birds.
- A bird pecking for food a few steps ahead of me sensed my approach and flew off the ground and disappeared into the woods.
- Mrs Wheeler said she thought the noise made by the burglars was the bad weather or birds pecking on the roof.
- It started at age five when I got pecked on the head by an emu.
- A small, red chicken was pecking around in the grass, near the fence.
- The chickens are pecking, the cows are mooing, and the pigs are, well, eating slop.
- Birds sang more clearly now, and woodpeckers pecked with more zest than they had heard the night before.
- The hens also have helped control scorpions - they peck off the stinger and then work on the rest.
- People stuck outside were getting pecked by thousands of birds at a time.
Synonyms bite, nip, strike, hit, tap, rap, jab, poke, prick - 1.1with object Make (a hole) by striking with the beak.
啄成（一个洞） robins are the worst culprits, pecking holes in every cherry 知更鸟是最可恶的鸟，它在每个樱桃上都要啄洞。 Example sentencesExamples - He's a prissy fellow, and he takes about 10 or 15 seconds just to peck a hole that is large enough to pull one of the kernels through.
- She was well and truly dead with her head flopped in the water and the back of her neck was a gaping hole where she had been pecked.
- A bird with a penchant for 17 th-century Dutch art has paid the ultimate price for flying into a museum gallery and pecking a hole in a masterpiece.
- Apparently the crow pecks a small hole in the toad to get at the liver.
- 1.2with object Kiss (someone) lightly or perfunctorily.
轻轻地吻；漫不经心地吻，敷衍地吻 she pecked him on the cheek 她轻轻地吻了一下他的脸颊。 Example sentencesExamples - She pecked me on the cheek, lightly, and headed upstairs.
- Maddie waltzed over to her father, pecking him quickly on the cheek.
- ‘Well, I didn't know I had that effect on you, my love,’ he said, pecking me once quickly on the lips.
- I take a deep breath and lean forward, standing on my tiptoes to peck him lightly on the mouth.
- ‘Absolutely,’ he responded, pecking me on the cheek again before taking my hand, leading me onto the ice.
- Eugene smiled at her and pecked her on the cheek.
- He glowered at her, and she giggled, then pecked him a quick kiss on the cheek and leaped off to another tree.
- He pecked her lightly on the lips before heading toward the door.
- Ashton pulled back from our hot kiss and pecked me once for good measure.
- I smiled back and pecked him lightly on the cheek.
- ‘Thank you for the flowers you sent me,’ she said, pecking him on the cheek.
- Sasha smiles at him then quickly pecks him on the lips.
- He smiled, walked over, and pecked her on the cheek.
- She pecked him on the cheek and he kissed her forehead.
- He pecked her on the lips and grabbed his jacket.
- Leaning in slowly, he pecks me on the cheek and says goodbye before walking out the door.
- My dad pecks me on the forehead and leaves with my mom.
- She pecked him on the lips daintily, as though a kiss was her reward for having found him.
- ‘Thank you,’ I replied and quickly pecked him on the cheek and began eating.
- I pecked him on the cheek, grabbed the suitcase and hopped out.
Synonyms kiss, plant a kiss, give someone a peck - 1.3peck atinformal no object (of a person) eat (food) listlessly or daintily.
〈非正式〉（人）勉强小口地吃（食物），一点一点地吃（食物） don't peck at your food, eat a whole mouthful 不要那么一小口一小口地吃，大口吃。 Example sentencesExamples - She made a pretence of pecking at her food, then excused herself and retreated to her rooms.
- These dishes were small and neatly packaged, and before long, I found myself pecking at my food in an appraising, sensitive way, and nibbling in tiny little bites.
- I was determined not to spend the rest of my life as ‘Fatty the gargantuan’ and so I just pecked at my food, ignoring my rebellious stomach, which was screaming for food like an overweight baby.
Synonyms nibble, pick at, pick over, take very small bites from, eat listlessly, toy with, play with, eat like a bird, show no appetite for, eat sparingly of - 1.4peck atno object Criticize or nag.
defects for a critic to peck at - 1.5with object Type (something) slowly and laboriously.
缓慢而费力地用打字机打 his son Paul was pecking out letters with two fingers on his typewriter 他的儿子保罗在打字机上用两根手指缓慢而费力地打信。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm in the study, pecking away at my keyboard, the window at my side thrown wide open to let the overnight air out of the house.
- The challenge of creating a keyboard for handheld devices was that such a product would have to be large enough for human fingers to peck at but small enough to work with a portable.
- Seri was pecking away at the keyboard, he seemed very into something.
- They eat dinner on trays in the living room, where their daughter pecks away at a homework assignment on an aged computer.
- Then, chin pointed up arrogantly, she went back to pecking away at the bleach-white keyboard before her.
- It's a simple stream-of-consciousness bit, pecked out on my laptop during a recent mini-tour that took in Wisconsin, California, and Arizona.
- The right thumb pecks away at a phone number; the other presses the lonely ‘send’ key to the left of the screen.
- Rather than peck away and publish, Kathy would go away and think.
- Trading is now done rather demurely, by pecking at a keyboard.
- Turning it lengthwise she tediously pecked in a couple of commands on a tiny keypad with her nail.
- This allowed them to input small amounts of text data quickly without having to peck at a tiny keyboard with their fingers.
- Four middle-aged guys, dressed business-casual, are sitting at a long desk in an off-white room, sifting through files and pecking at laptops.
- 1.6archaic with object Strike with a pick or other tool.
〈古〉（用凿子等）凿；琢 part of a wall was pecked down and carted away 墙的一部分已被凿掉，并用车运走了。
nounpɛkpek 1A stroke or bite by a bird with its beak. （鸟）啄，（用喙）咬 the bird managed to give its attacker a sharp peck 这只鸟给了攻击者凌厉的一啄。 Example sentencesExamples - Peck rates were recorded by counting the number of pecks during a period of continuous head-down posture, which was timed with a stopwatch.
- Such injuries may be caused by bird pecks, insect damage, mechanical abrasion, or by tightly compressed berries which burst when the vine takes up water after rainfall.
- The mother bird started to peck at me, but I dodged all the pecks and hit her beak with my mace.
- Patience finally paid off as one hopped slowly, slowly towards me and I felt the peck of a tiny beak in my hand.
- Nestlings use this beak hook in lunging pecks and bites to the backs and heads of their siblings that result in scratches, bruises, and skin lesions.
- Ratios of pecks per pace were calculated to estimate foraging rate at the time and place of observation.
- Arrow flipped under her and gave her a quick peck underneath her beak.
- Ace, not liking his perch to have been taken, came down and gave a sharp peck on Jerome's hand.
- 1.1 A light or perfunctory kiss.
轻轻的一吻；漫不经心的一吻，敷衍的一吻 a fatherly peck on the cheek 一个在脸颊上的父爱般的轻吻。 Example sentencesExamples - He was changing a light bulb and she gave him a peck on the cheek, and he was in shock.
- She greeted Alex with a quick peck on both cheeks, then immediately turned her gaze to Evan.
- I gave him a peck on the lips and went back downstairs.
- Lola dotes on him hand and foot, trying to rekindle his emotions, but earns only a perfunctory peck on the cheek at best.
- We said goodbye and he gave me a peck on the cheek.
- He gave her a light peck on the cheek and then returned to his own room.
- She didn't know if she was expecting a hug, a peck on the cheek or a kiss.
- James dropped a quick peck onto his mother's cheek and slid onto a bar stool where bacon and eggs awaited him.
- I didn't want a peck on the cheek to be my goodnight kiss.
- Without even a peck, Julio turns away down the thick stone steps and runs.
- He embraced her, as she gave him a peck on the lips.
- What had started out as an innocent peck suddenly turned into something more.
- She wanted to kiss him, even a gentle peck on the cheek, but she didn't think that it would be appropriate.
- Devon gave me a quick peck on the lips and stroked my hair.
- He says ‘Goodbye, dear’ and gives her a peck on the cheek at their door.
- Jason shared an intimate embrace and a self-conscious peck with Antoine.
- Cordially, he gave Megan a peck on the cheek and Kayla a quick kiss across the lips.
- She stepped towards him and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
- Not just a peck on the cheek, a really passionate kiss.
- It wasn't even a kiss to her, maybe just a peck on the cheek, but that was all.
2archaic, informal Food. 〈古〉食物 he wants a little more peck 他想再多要一点吃的东西。
OriginLate Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Middle Low German pekken ‘peck (with the beak)’. nounpekpɛk 1A measure of capacity for dry goods, equal to a quarter of a bushel (8 US quarts = 8.81 liters, or 2 imperial gallons = 9.092 liters). 配克（干量名，等于1/4蒲式耳 2英制加仑等于9. 092升，或8美制夸脱等于8.81升） Example sentencesExamples - America is now the last major power to retain feet and gallons and bushels and pecks.
- If you don't know your bushel from your peck take a look.
- 1.1archaic A large number or amount of something.
〈古〉许多，大量 一大堆污物。 Example sentencesExamples - As my old Mum used to say, ‘You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die’.
- Proceeding in January to the border of a frozen truck-farm, a peck of seeds with husks and other fragments was quickly gathered.
- We all have to eat a peck of dirt, the saying goes, but some of us enjoy it more than others.
- I have a distinct distrust of any man who smells of soap and believe we all have to eat a peck of dirt before we die, but there are limits.
OriginMiddle English (used especially as a measure of oats for horses): from Anglo-Norman French pek, of unknown origin. verbpɛkpek [no object](of a horse) pitch forward or stumble as a result of striking the ground with the front rather than the flat of the hoof. 〈非正式〉（马）向前跌倒；绊倒 her father's horse had pecked slightly on landing 她父亲的马前蹄着地时稍微绊了一下。 Example sentencesExamples - However, Chilling Place pecked on landing and weakened into third, giving the Grade One race to 3-1 shot Marcel, who kept on to hold It's Just Harry by two lengths.
OriginVariant of obsolete pick ‘fix (something pointed) in the ground’. |