peck 音标拼音: [p'ɛk]
n . 啄痕,啄食,许多
vt . 以喙啄,啄食,扔
vi . 啄,吹毛求疵,啄食,扔石头
啄痕,啄食,许多以喙啄,啄食,扔啄,吹毛求疵,啄食,扔石头
peck n 1 : (
often followed by `
of ')
a large number or amount or extent ; "
a batch of letters "; "
a deal of trouble "; "
a lot of money "; "
he made a mint on the stock market "; "
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos "; "
it must have cost plenty "; "
a slew of journalists "; "
a wad of money " [
synonym : {
batch }, {
deal }, {
flock }, {
good deal }, {
great deal }, {
hatful }, {
heap }, {
lot }, {
mass }, {
mess }, {
mickle },
{
mint }, {
mountain }, {
muckle }, {
passel }, {
peck }, {
pile },
{
plenty }, {
pot }, {
quite a little }, {
raft }, {
sight }, {
slew },
{
spate }, {
stack }, {
tidy sum }, {
wad }]
2 :
a British imperial capacity measure (
liquid or dry )
equal to 2 gallons 3 :
a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537 .
605 cubic inches v 1 :
hit lightly with a picking motion [
synonym : {
peck }, {
pick },
{
beak }]
2 :
eat by pecking at ,
like a bird [
synonym : {
peck }, {
pick up }]
3 :
kiss lightly [
synonym : {
smack }, {
peck }]
4 :
eat like a bird ; "
The anorexic girl just picks at her food "
[
synonym : {
pick at }, {
peck at }, {
peck }]
5 :
bother persistently with trivial complaints ; "
She nags her husband all day long " [
synonym : {
nag }, {
peck }, {
hen -
peck }]
Peck \
Peck \,
n . [
Perh .
akin to pack ;
or ,
orig .,
an indefinite quantity ,
and fr .
peck ,
v . (
below ):
cf .
also F .
picotin a peak .]
1 .
The fourth part of a bushel ;
a dry measure of eight quarts ;
as ,
a peck of wheat . "
A peck of provender ."
--
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A great deal ;
a large or excessive quantity . "
A peck of uncertainties and doubts ." --
Milton .
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Peck \
Peck \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pecked } (
p [
e ^]
kt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pecking }.] [
See {
Pick },
v .]
1 .
To strike with the beak ;
to thrust the beak into ;
as ,
a bird pecks a tree .
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2 .
Hence :
To strike ,
pick ,
thrust against ,
or dig into ,
with a pointed instrument ;
especially ,
to strike ,
pick ,
etc .,
with repeated quick movements .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To seize and pick up with the beak ,
or as with the beak ;
to bite ;
to eat ; --
often with up . --
Addison .
[
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This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas . --
Shak .
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4 .
To make ,
by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument ;
as ,
to peck a hole in a tree .
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Peck \
Peck \,
v .
i .
1 .
To make strokes with the beak ,
or with a pointed instrument . --
Carew .
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2 .
To pick up food with the beak ;
hence ,
to eat .
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[
The hen ]
went pecking by his side . --
Dryden .
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{
To peck at },
(
a )
to attack with petty and repeated blows ;
to carp at ;
to nag ;
to tease .
(
a )
to eat slowly and in small portions ,
with litle interest ;
as ,
to peck at one '
s food .
[
1913 Webster ]
Peck \
Peck \ (
p [
e ^]
k ),
n .
A quick ,
sharp stroke ,
as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument .
[
1913 Webster ]
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "
peck ":
abundance ,
acres ,
bags ,
barrel ,
barrels ,
batch ,
beak ,
brush ,
bug ,
bunt ,
bushel ,
buss ,
carp at ,
chuck ,
considerable ,
copiousness ,
countlessness ,
dab ,
deal ,
fillip ,
flick ,
flip ,
flirt ,
flood ,
fret at ,
fuss at ,
gobs ,
good deal ,
graze ,
great deal ,
hassle ,
heap ,
heaps ,
henpeck ,
lashings ,
lip ,
load ,
loads ,
lot ,
lots ,
lump ,
mass ,
mess ,
mint ,
mountain ,
much ,
multitude ,
nag ,
nibble ,
nibble at ,
niggle ,
nosh ,
numerousness ,
ocean ,
oceans ,
oodles ,
osculate ,
pack ,
pat ,
peck at ,
pester ,
pick ,
pick at ,
pick on ,
pile ,
piles ,
plenitude ,
plenty ,
pot ,
power ,
profusion ,
quantities ,
quantity ,
quite a little ,
raft ,
rafts ,
rap ,
scads ,
sea ,
sight ,
slew ,
slews ,
smack ,
smooch ,
snack ,
snap ,
spate ,
stack ,
stacks ,
superabundance ,
superfluity ,
tap ,
tickle ,
tidy sum ,
tip ,
tons ,
touch ,
volume ,
wad ,
wads ,
whisk ,
whole slew ,
world ,
worlds ,
yap at
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