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pecking

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/

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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."

鸟儿们啄食着它们的食物。

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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"

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 chicken was pecking at the ground, searching for seeds. "

那只鸡正在用嘴啄地，寻找种子。

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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 chickens were pecking up the scattered seeds in the yard. "

鸡在院子里啄食散落的种子。

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verb

啄，一点一点地做

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

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

他一直在一点一点地做那个项目，都有一段时间了。

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verb

用一指禅打字，慢敲。

To type by searching for each key individually.

Examples :

"He was pecking at the keyboard, slowly typing his report. "

他用一指禅在键盘上慢敲着，慢慢地打着他的报告。

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verb

打字，敲字

To type in general.

Examples :

"She was pecking away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay before the deadline. "

她正埋头苦干地敲着键盘，想在截止日期前完成她的论文。

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verb

亲吻，啄吻

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

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

她儿子上学前，她在他的脸颊上快速地亲了一下。

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verb

投掷，扔，抛。

Examples :

"He was pecking stones at the lake, trying to make them skip. "

他正朝湖里扔石头，想让它们打水漂。

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verb

绊倒，磕绊

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 tired horse was pecking at the ground as it walked slowly down the dusty road, nearly tripping with each step. "

那匹疲惫的马沿着尘土飞扬的道路慢慢走着，因为脚尖先着地，几乎每一步都磕磕绊绊的，像是要绊倒一样。

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noun

啄, 啄食

The act by which something is pecked.

Examples :

"the peckings of hungry chickens"

饥饿的鸡群的啄食

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noun

琢石术，石雕。

The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.

Examples :

"Archaeologists study ancient sites to understand the pecking used to create the stone tools. "

考古学家研究古代遗址，是为了了解制作石器所使用的琢石技术。

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noun

用石子打鸟

The sport of throwing pebbles at birds.

Examples :

"The old photograph showed boys engaged in pecking, a cruel activity now thankfully discouraged. "

那张旧照片显示几个男孩在用石子打鸟，这种残忍的行为现在谢天谢地已经不提倡了。