| 单词 | peek |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pi:k] |
| 解释 | v. 偷看 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 偷看(to look furtively; glance) 【例】 They caught him peeking through the hole at what was going on in the room. |
| 字源 | peek (v.) late 14c., piken "look quickly and slyly," of unknown origin. The words peek, keek, and peep all were used with more or less the same meaning 14c.-15c.; perhaps the ultimate source was Middle Dutch kieken. Related: Peeked; peeking. peek (n.) "a peek, glance," 1844, from peek (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 偷看; 瞥(很快地看一眼) = glance = peep 【记】有ee的都与眼睛有关, 像形字 【参】heed(n /v 注意; 留意); leer(v 抛媚眼) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：瞥看，中间的ee是两只眼 【相关】peep(象形词，中间是眼睛，两边是眼镜) 隐约看见, 偷看, peer 凝视 |
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