单词 | keek |
释义 | keekn. Scottish and northern dialect. A peep; see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > peep or keek peek1636 peep1730 pry1750 keeka1774 deek1833 skeet1844 toot1865 a1774 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie in Poems (1785) 215 So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o' glore and heaven. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 159 He by his showther gae a keek. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xii. 275 Take a keek into Pate's letter. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 231 From it down every Quayside-chare there's such a glorious keek. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xviii. 174 Let's take another keek at the red-coats. Compounds keek-hole n. a peep-hole. ΚΠ 1891 R. Ford Thistledown iv. 87 Keek-holes through which fitful glances are obtained. keek-show n. a peep-show. ΚΠ 1883 Sunday Mag. Sept. 574/2 A rich assortment of merry-go-rounds, keek-shows, and jugglers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). keekv. Now only Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner; †to glance, gaze (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peep beak?c1225 toot?c1225 prya1350 peekc1390 touta1400 keekc1405 peepa1500 outpeep1600 twire1602 teet1710 underpeep1827 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly glent1303 gliffc1330 gleam1340 blenka1375 keekc1405 glidec1425 gliffen1489 runa1500 glish1570 glance1582 to glance one's eye, look1590 blink1592 squint1610 reflect1611 teet1710 glisk1720 glint1888 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 653 In to the roof they kiken [so best MSS.; also kyken, keken, kepen, loken] and they cape. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 259 This Nicholas sat euere capyng vp righte As he hadde kiked [v.rr. kykyd, keked] on the newe moone. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 269/2 Kekyyn, or priuely waytyn (K., H., S., P. kekyn), intuor, observo. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 900 All þat he set his eye on, or aftir list to keke, Anoon he shuld it have. 1572 R. Sempill Lament. Commounis Scotl. (single sheet) In hoill and boir we byde..Dar not keik out for Rebellis that dois ryde. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 491 Some..in the crowne of it keeks. a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 60 Keek into the draw-well, Janet. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 15 I keek by the hay-stack, and lissen, For fain [printed wain] wad I see Sally Gray. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xvi. 146 Up you'll be, keekin' (peering) through the blind to see if the post's comin'. b. figurative. Of things. ΚΠ a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1708 in Poems (1981) 67 Quhen columbie vp keikis throw the clay. 1723 A. Ramsay Fair Assembly xxiv Where they appear, nae vice dare keek. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 186 The morn was keekin' frae the east. 18.. H. S. Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) I. 36 (E.D.D.) The nest o' the birds keeking out between The leaves and the roots. 2. In verbal phrases used as nouns, as keek-in-the-stoup, keek-round-corners. ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 226 Keek in the Stoup was ne'er a good Fellow. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 307 I want nae spies and keek-roon-corners in my hoose! Compounds keek-bo n. peep-bo! bo-peep. ΚΠ 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 41 The Sun..seem'd as if playing keekbo wi' the moon. keek-bogle n. Scottish hide-and-seek. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hide-and-seek belly-blind?a1500 buck-hide?a1500 king-by-your-leave1572 all hid1598 wink all hid1609 hoopers hide1684 whoopers hide1684 whoop and hide1710 hide-and-seek1724 whoop1784 keek-bogle1791 hide-and-coop1850 billy-blind- buck-hood- 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 168 Those who now his favour seek Wad stand afar, An' ne'er play at him bogle keik.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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