peck
- v.啄;啄食;鹐;匆匆地轻吻
- n.啄;匆匆的吻
复数： pecks 过去式： pecked 现在分词： pecking 过去分词： pecked 第三人称单数： pecks
peckverb
啄；鹐
to move the beak forward quickly and hit or bite sth
A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
A bird had pecked a hole in the sack.
一只鸟把袋子啄了个洞。
Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。
匆匆地轻吻
to kiss sb lightly and quickly
He pecked her on the cheek as he went out.
他出门时匆匆轻吻了一下她的面颊。
She pecked his cheek.
她轻吻了一下他的脸。
the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group
新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。
New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.
（因不饿而）浅尝几口
to eat only a very small amount of a meal because you are not hungry
noun
匆匆的吻
a quick kiss
He gave her a friendly peck on the cheek.
他友好地在她脸上轻轻一吻。
啄
an act of pecking sb/sth
The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。
peck
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VERB 啄；啄食
If a bird pecks at something or pecks something, it moves its beak forward quickly and bites at it.It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...
时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
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VERB 匆匆轻吻
If you peck someone on the cheek, you give them a quick, light kiss.Elizabeth walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek...
伊丽莎白走到他面前，在他脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
noun
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- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
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- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
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- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- Synonym: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
verb
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- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- She nags her husband all day long
- Synonym: nag hen-peck
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- eat like a bird
- The anorexic girl just picks at her food
- Synonym: pick at peck at
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- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- Synonym: pick up
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- hit lightly with a picking motion
- Synonym: pick beak
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- kiss lightly
- Synonym: smack
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Newly hatched chicks can walk and peck .
刚孵育出来的小鸡就会走、会啄食。
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The birds of night peck at the first stars
夜晚的鸟群啄食第一阵闪烁的群星
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New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations .
新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。
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He pecked her on the cheek as he went out .
他出门时匆匆轻吻了一下她的面颊。
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The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed .
虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。
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Vultures had pecked out the dead goat 's eyes .
秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。
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A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground .
一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
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She pecked his cheek .
她轻吻了一下他的脸。
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They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order .
他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。
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They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death
它们开始攻击同类，拼命地互相啄着。
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He knew his place in the pecking order
他知道自己排老几。
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It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find
时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
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These birds peck off all the red flowers .
这些鸟啄掉了所有红色的花。
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Elizabeth walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek
伊丽莎白走到他面前，在他脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
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Chickens pecked in the dust
鸡在尘土中啄食。
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It pecked his leg
它啄了他的腿。
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The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground .
小鸡会把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起来吃掉。
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The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree .
啄木鸟在树上啄了一个洞。
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The cock gave me a peck .
那只公鸡啄了我一下。
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This bird , sharp of eye and deft of beak , can accurately peck the flying insects in the air .
这只鸟眼疾嘴快，能准确地把空中的飞虫啄住。
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Even from the first , the words went wrong , the catbird pecked away the nightingale .
一开始字里行间就漏洞百出，猫声鸟居然把夜莺啄得铩羽而归。
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That chick pecks out an earthworm from the earth .
那只小鸡从土里啄出一条蚯蚓。
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The chicks are pecking rice .
小鸡在啄米。
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The hen pecks all day .
母鸡整天啄来啄去。
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Tao Yuanming wouldn 't bow and scrape for five pecks of rice ( the regulation salary of a magistrate ) .
陶渊明不为五斗米折腰。
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She gave him a light peck of farewell .
她给了他一个匆匆的吻道别。
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He pecked his aunt on the check .
他在姨妈的脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
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The hen pecked a hole in the sack .
母鸡在麻袋上啄了一个窟窿。
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Hunt and peck as search and peck or Eagle Finger , is a common form of typing , in which the typist presses each key individually .
Huntandpeck（或者two-fingeredtyping、searchandpeck、EagleFinger）都指一种常见的打字方式，也就是每次单独按一个键的打字方式，即我们俗称的“二指禅”。
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Male peacocks are very proud of their beautiful tails . Although tamed for a long time , whenever they see young people wearing flowery clothes it will go up enviously1 and peck them to pieces .
雄孔雀很为自己漂亮的长尾巴感到骄傲，虽然被人驯养了很长时间，但只要看见穿着华丽的少年男女，都嫉妒地追上去，要琢碎他们的衣衫。
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