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Peck N 啄食 Kiss Unknown Sense V Pek

单词 peck
音标 [pek]
解释 v.啄食;轻啄
红宝书 【英】 n. 啄食; 轻啄(to strike with a beak)
【考】 peck: kiss / glance : look(轻啄和接吻/一瞥和 观看)
字源 peck (v.)
c.1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick (v.)), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking.
peck (n.1)
late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with Old French pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin (Barnhart says these were borrowed from English). Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck (v.).
peck (n.2)
"act of pecking," 1610s, from peck (v.). It is attested earlier in thieves' slang (1560s) with a sense of "food, grub."
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 啄食; 轻啄
【类】peck: kiss = glance: look轻啄是短时间接吻 = 一瞥是短时间观看
趣味全助记 【记】woodpecker 啄木鸟由wood木 + peck啄 + er组成;neck 被peck
【相关】woodpecker 啄木鸟,pick 选, 掘,凿

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