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peck

/pɛk/

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noun

啄，鸟啄。

An act of striking with a beak.

Examples :

"The robin made a quick peck at the bird feeder. "

知更鸟快速地在喂鸟器上啄了一下。

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noun

亲吻, 轻吻

Examples :

"She gave her son a quick peck on the cheek before he left for school. "

她儿子上学前，她在他的脸颊上飞快地亲了一下。

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verb

啄，啄食

To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

鸟儿们啄食它们的食物。

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verb

啄，啄食.

To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

用喙在树上啄出一个洞

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verb

啄，啄食。

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

Examples :

"The bird pecked at the crumbs on the table. "

鸟儿啄着桌子上的面包屑。

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verb

啄，啄食

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

Examples :

"The chicken pecked up the seeds from the ground. "

鸡从地上啄食起种子。

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verb

啄，轻咬，小口地吃

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."

他已经断断续续地做了那个项目一段时间了。

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verb

一指禅，慢打。

To type by searching for each key individually.

Examples :

"My grandmother had to peck each letter slowly on the old typewriter to write her grocery list. "

我奶奶得用一指禅在老式打字机上慢慢地敲每个字母才能写出她的购物清单。

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verb

打字，敲击键盘.

To type in general.

Examples :

"The student pecked out a quick email to his friend. "

那个学生匆匆忙忙地敲键盘给他的朋友发了一封邮件。

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verb

亲吻, 轻啄

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

"She gave her grandfather a quick peck on the cheek before running off to school. "

她跑去上学前，在爷爷的脸颊上轻轻地亲了一下。

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noun

白蒲式耳的四分之一，配克

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

Examples :

"They picked a peck of wheat."

他们采摘了四分之一蒲式耳的小麦。

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noun

大量, 许多.

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Examples :

"She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten."

她觉得大多数孩子在十岁之前大概已经吃了好多土了.

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verb

投，掷，扔

Examples :

"He would peck stones at the bullies to make them leave his little brother alone. "

他会朝那些恶霸扔石头，让他们别再欺负他弟弟。

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verb

马失前蹄，栽跟头

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Examples :

"The horse, startled by the loud noise, pecked forward, then stumbled and fell. "

马受巨响惊吓，失了前蹄，往前一栽，然后就绊倒了。

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noun

虫蛀, 霉斑

Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

Examples :

"an occurrence of peck in rice"

稻米出现了虫蛀或霉斑。

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