peep

名词 peep:

1. the short weak cry of a young bird
   同义词：cheep
2. a secret look
   同义词：peek

动词 peep:

1. look furtively
2. cause to appear
3. make high-pitched sounds; of birds
   同义词：twirp, cheep, chirp, chirrup
4. speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
5. appear as though from hiding

1. He took a peep at the back of the book to find out the answers to the questions.
   他偷偷看了一下书的后面，想找出那些问题的答案。
2. I caught him peeping at my paper.
   他偷看我的论文时，我当场抓住了他。
3. The flowers are beginning to peep through the soil.
   花正开始破土而出。

peep

v.intr.（不及物动词）
peeped,peep.ing,peeps
To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep.
幼鸟发出吱吱啾啾的叫声：发出如幼鸟的短促且轻而尖细的声音；唧唧或吱吱地叫
To speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice.
轻轻地抱怨：以一种犹豫不决且细而高尖的声音说话
n.（名词）
A short, soft, high-pitched sound or utterance, like that of a baby bird.
唧唧声或吱吱声：一种如幼鸟所发出的短而柔和且高尖的声音或发音
A slight sound or utterance:
轻的声音或说话声：
例句：
I don`t want to hear a peep out of you.
我不想听你吞吞吐吐地说话

Any of various small North American sandpipers.
任何一种小的北美鹬鸟

来源：
Middle English *pepen
中古英语 *pepen
probably alteration of pipen
可能为 pipen的变化
from Old English popian [to pipe]
源自 古英语 popian [用管乐吹奏或用尖嗓子说话]
from Old English pope [tube, musical instrument]
源自 古英语 pope [管，乐器]
and from Latin pop3re [to peep] * see pipe
并源自 拉丁语 pop3re [发出吱吱啾啾声] *参见 pipe

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v.（动词）
peeped,peep.ing,peeps
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To peek furtively; steal a quick glance.
窥视：偷窥；快速地偷看一眼
To peer through a small aperture or from behind something.
偷窥：透过细缝或从某物后面偷偷地看
To appear as though emerging from a hiding place:
隐现：似乎从隐藏的地方显现出来：
例句：
the moon peeping through the clouds.
月亮透过云层缓缓出现

v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to emerge or become partly visible:
使出现或部分可见的：
例句：
He peeped his head through the door.
他从门后探出脑袋

n.（名词）
A quick or furtive look or glance.
瞥：很快地或偷偷地看
A first glimpse or appearance:
第一次瞥见或显现：
例句：
the peep of dawn.
天刚破晓

来源：
Middle English pepen
中古英语 pepen
perhaps alteration of piken [to peek] * see peek
可能为 piken的变化 [偷窥] *参见 peek