peep

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /piːp/    美 /pip/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
  2. A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
    — So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior.
  3. A spot on a die or domino. obsolete
  4. A person. UK,slang
  5. Alternative letter-case form of Peep alt-of
  6. A feeble utterance or complaint.
    — I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
  7. The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
    — the peep of day
  8. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
    — With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […].
  9. A peepshow.
    — A boring lusterless attempt at pornography, a niche above the racks of pulp pocketbooks sold in the front room of peeps.
  10. A sandpiper or other small wader. colloquial
    — When I spotted two small warm-brown scaley-plumaged ‘peeps’ with yellow legs, my commentary immediately identified them as Least Sandpipers.
动词 v.
  1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  2. To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. intransitive
    — The man peeped through the small hole.
  3. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
  4. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. dated,intransitive
    — When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear.
  5. To take a look at; check out. slang,transitive
    — Did you peep that video I sent you?
  6. To see, uncover. slang,transitive
    — A lot of females were hesitant about getting with Pimp. He had a hard edge to him that made it impossible not to peep his cruel nature.

词形变化

peeps plural peeps present,singular,third-person peeping participle,present peeped participle,past peeped past peeps present,singular,third-person peeping participle,present peeped participle,past peeped past peeps plural peeps plural peeps plural peeps plural

词汇关系

上位词
glance
衍生词
peepy bo-peep by-peep day-peep peek peep-bo peep bo peeper peepers peephole peeping tom peepless peepo peep of day peep out peep pixels peep show peep sight peep-toe pixel peep pixel peeper tweep underpeep wink-a-peep
相关词
cheep chirp

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
词源 2
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
词源 3
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
词源 4
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
词源 5
Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps.
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