peck
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they peck | |
| he / she / it pecks | |
| past simple pecked | |
| past participle pecked | |
| -ing form pecking |
- [intransitive, transitive]
(of birds 鸟 to move the beak forward quickly and hit or bite something 啄；鹐 - peck (at something)
A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground. 一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。 Hens pecked around in the yard. 母鸡在院子里啄食。 - peck something
A bird had pecked a hole in the sack. 一只鸟把袋子啄了个洞。 - peck something out
Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes. 秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。
- peck (at something)
- [transitive] (informal)
to kiss somebody lightly and quickly 匆匆地轻吻 - peck somebody on something
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。 - peck something
She pecked his cheek. 她轻吻了一下他的脸。
- peck somebody on something
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Middle Low German pekken ‘peck (with the beak)’.
Idioms
a/the pecking order
- (informal, often humorous)
the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group 等级排序