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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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. " A peck of uncertainties and doubts." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] `
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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. [ 1913 Webster]
Peck \ Peck\, v. i. 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. -- Carew. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [ 1913 Webster] [ The hen] went pecking by his side. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { 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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