peep
v [I, Ipr, Ip]
1 ~ (at sth) look quickly and slyly or cautiously (at sth) 匆匆地(且詭秘地或小心地)看(某物); 偷看; 窺視
peep at a secret document 偷看秘密文件
be caught peeping through the keyhole 貼近鎖眼窺視被當場抓住. Cf 參看 peek, peer2.
2 (of light) appear through a narrow opening (指光)通過細孔透入
daylight peeping through the curtains 穿過窗簾的陽光.
3 appear slowly or partly 慢慢露出; 部分出現
The moon peeped out from behind the clouds. 月亮從云層中隱現.
green shoots peeping up through the soil 慢慢破土而出的綠芽. peep, n
1 (esp sing 尤作單數) short quick look, esp a secret or sly one 一瞥(尤指秘密的或詭秘的); 偷看; 窺視
have a peep through the window 隔著窗戶偷看
take a peep at the baby asleep in her cot 悄悄地看看小床里熟睡的孩子.
2 (idm 習語) peep of `day first light of day; dawn 晨曦; 破曉.
peep n
1 [C] short weak high sound made by mice, young birds, etc; squeak (鼠、 小鳥等的)吱吱聲, 啾啾聲.
2 [C] (also peep `peep) (imitation of the) sound of a car's horn (模擬的)汽車的喇叭聲.
3 [sing] (infml 口) sound made by sb, esp sth said 人聲; (尤指)人語聲
I haven't heard a peep out of the children for an hour. 有一個小時我沒聽見孩子們出聲了. peep, v [I]
make a peep 作吱吱聲或啾啾聲; 發出(模擬的)汽車喇叭聲; (指人)出聲.
?? 考研助記
p.p(兩只手)+ee(眼睛):趴在窗戶上- 偷看
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*[pi:p]n. 一瞥, 偷看, 不完全的景象, 初現, 吱吱聲, 嘀咕抱怨聲, 汽車喇叭聲vi. 窺視, 出現, 吱吱叫vt. 使隱約顯現相關詞組: have a peep ab sb peep through peep out