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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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