[VERB 动词]瞥;偷看;窥视 If you peep, or peep at something, you have a quick look at it, often secretly and quietly.
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Children came to peep at him round the doorway...
孩子们围在门口偷看他。
Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.
她时不时地偷眼看他是否在注意自己。
Peep is also a noun.
'Fourteen minutes,' Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.
“14分钟,”克里斯瞥了一眼他的手表说道。
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[VERB 动词](从隐蔽处)隐现,微微露出 If something peeps out from behind or under something, a small part of it is visible or becomes visible.
[V prep/adv]
Purple and yellow flowers peeped up between rocks...
岩石间隐约可见紫色和黄色的花儿。
Here and there a face peeped out from the shop doorway.
商店门口从不同方向露出一张脸。
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[PHRASE 短语]没听到任何话(或动静) If you say that you don't hear a peep from someone, you mean that they do not say anything or make any noise.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You don't hear a peep from her once she's gone to bed.
她一睡觉,就不会发出一点儿动静。
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peeppeepspeepedpeepingverb1[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to look quickly and secretly at sth, especially through a small opening. (尤指通过小孔)窥视,偷看◆We caught her peeping through the keyhole.她从锁孔偷看时被我们撞着了。◆Could I just peep inside?我能不能看一眼里边?◆He was peeping at her through his fingers.他从指缝偷看她。2[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to be just visible 微露出;部份现出◆The tower peeped above the trees.塔尖从树梢上露出来。◆The sun peeped out from behind the clouds.太阳从云层里露了一下脸。3[intransitive , transitive ]peep(sth) to make a short high sound; to make sth make this sound. (使)发出尖细的声音,发出吱吱声noun1[countable , usually singular ]a quick or secret look at sth 偷偷一瞥◆Dave took a quick peepat the last page. 戴夫迅速地瞟了一下最后一页。2[singular ]( informal) something that sb says or a sound that sb makes 说话;出声音◆We did not hear a peep out ofthe baby all night. 我们整夜都没听到婴儿出声。3[countable ]a short high sound like the one made by a young bird or by a whistle 啾啾声;嘟嘟声4(alsopeep ˈpeep)[countable ]( BrE) a word for the sound of a car's horn, used especially by children 嘟嘟(儿语,指汽车喇叭声)peep/piːp; NAmEpiːp/
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1[intransitive] to look at something quickly and secretly, especially through a hole or openingSYN peek → peerpeep into/through/out etc The door was ajar and Helen peeped in. Henry peeped through the window into the kitchen.► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if something peeps from somewhere, you can just see a small amount of itpeep through/from/out etc I could see her toes peeping out from under the sheet.3[transitive] informal to look at something because it is interesting or attractive: On our website you can peep our video interview with R&B’s newest supergroup.
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1a quick or secret look at somethingpeep at/into Jon took a peep at his watch.2a peep informal a sound that someone makes, or something that they say, especially a complaint: There has not been a peep out of them since bedtime. a peep of protest3a short high sound, like the sound a mouse or a young bird makes: the peep of a chick loud peeps from the smoke alarm4 (also peeps) informal a word meaning ‘people’, used in magazines
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