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Peek Quick Glance Word N 英 Piːk] 美 Piːk

英语单词 peek
英美音标 英 [piːk] 美 [piːk]
中文释义 v.偷看;窥视
n.偷看;窥见
英语例句 (1) Larry takes a peek out of the window.
(2) Future is a tarnishing mirror, anyone who tries to peek just can see a vague outline with a old and worrying face.
(3) Don't peek at your new year present.
中文例句 (1) 赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
(2) 未来是面晦暗的镜子,任何试图向里面窥视的人只能看到一张苍老而焦虑的脸的模糊轮廓。
(3) 别偷看你的新年礼物。
vocabulary简明 When you peek, you take a quick glance at something. It's incredibly tempting when you're little to peek at your birthday presents, but you soon learn how disappointing it is to spoil the surprise.
vocabulary扩展 A sneaky look at something is a peek. You might peek at someone if you're shy or you don't want them to catch you looking. You can also describe a glance at a part of something as "a peek" — like when you take a peek at a napping child. Peek comes from piken, a 14th century word meaning "look quickly and slyly." Until the 15th century, the word peek was used interchangeably with keek and peep.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]瞥;偷看;窥视 If you peek at something or someone, you have a quick look at them, often secretly.
  [V at n]
  [usu a N]
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall.

    她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。

  • Peek is also a noun.
    • American firms have been paying outrageous fees for a peek at the technical data.

      美国公司为了一窥这些技术数据一直在支付巨额费用。

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