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

to strike or pierce (something) with the beak or a pointed tool

to make (a hole) by pecking

to kiss (somebody) perfunctorily

said of a bird: to pick up (e.g. a worm) with the beak

verb intrans

to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the beak

informal to eat reluctantly and in small bites

She just pecked at her food

[Middle English pecken, alteration of piken to pierce]

an impression or hole made by pecking

a quick sharp stroke

a light kiss

a unit of volume or capacity equal to 2gall (9.092l)

archaic a large quantity or number

a peck of troubles

[Middle English pek from Old French]

said of a horse: to stumble on landing from a jump

[alteration of pick⁴ in the sense ‘to pitch’]

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