beck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stream or small river. Norfolk,Northern-England
    — […]Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets / The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Rivilets[…]
  2. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
    — Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
  3. A vat.
  4. Obsolete form of beak. alt-of,obsolete
    — Headed like owles, with beckes 4 uncomely bent
动词 v.
  1. To nod or motion with the head. archaic
    — When gold and silver becks me to come on.

词形变化

becks plural becks plural becks present,singular,third-person becking participle,present becked participle,past becked past becks plural becks plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old English bæc, bec, bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”).
Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Doublet of batch. More at beach.
词源 2
From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English bēcnan, bēacnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“beacon”). More at beacon.
词源 3
See back.
词源 4
From Middle English bec, bek, from Old French bec (“beak”).
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