peep
英 [pi?p]
美 [pip]
- n. 偷看；隱約看見，瞥見
- vi. 窺視；慢慢露出，出現；吱吱叫
- vt. 使出現
- n. (Peep)人名；(愛沙)佩普
助記提示
1. Peeping Tom 偷窺狂。
2. 趴在門上，兩只眼睛.
3. 其實很像兩只眼睛通過前后兩個p的孔去偷窺。
中文詞源
peep 偷窺，偷看來自中古英語pepen,來自piken拼寫變體，詞源同peek.
英文詞源
- peep (v.1)
- "glance" (especially through a small opening), mid-15c., perhaps alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796 (see Godiva).
- peep (v.2)
- "make a short chirp," c. 1400, probably altered from pipen (mid-13c.), ultimately imitative (compare Latin pipare, French pepier, German piepen, Lithuanian pypti, Czech pipati, Greek pipos).
- peep (n.2)
- "short chirp," early 15c., from peep (v.2); meaning "slightest sound or utterance" (usually in a negative context) is attested from 1903. Meaning "young chicken" is from 1680s. The marshmallow peeps confection are said to date from 1950s.
- peep (n.1)
- 1520s, first in sense found in peep of day, from peep (v.1); meaning "a furtive glance" is first recorded 1730.
雙語例句
- 1. "Fourteen minutes," Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.
- “14分鐘,”克里斯瞥了一眼他的手表說道.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Children came to peep at him round the doorway.
- 孩子們圍在門口偷看他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. You don't hear a peep from her once she's gone to bed.
- 她一睡覺，就不會發出一點兒動靜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I took a peep through the keyhole.
- 我從鑰匙孔偷看了一眼.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He never dared peep again.
- 他不敢再作聲了.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》