名詞 peep:

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

動(dòng)詞 peep:

1. look furtively
2. cause to appear
3. make high-pitched sounds; of birds
   同義詞：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.
   他偷偷看了一下書(shū)的后面，想找出那些問(wèn)題的答案。
2. I caught him peeping at my paper.
   他偷看我的論文時(shí)，我當(dāng)場(chǎng)抓住了他。
3. The flowers are beginning to peep through the soil.
   花正開(kāi)始破土而出。

peep

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
peeped,peep.ing,peeps
To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep.
幼鳥(niǎo)發(fā)出吱吱啾啾的叫聲：發(fā)出如幼鳥(niǎo)的短促且輕而尖細(xì)的聲音；唧唧或吱吱地叫
To speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice.
輕輕地抱怨：以一種猶豫不決且細(xì)而高尖的聲音說(shuō)話
n.（名詞）
A short, soft, high-pitched sound or utterance, like that of a baby bird.
唧唧聲或吱吱聲：一種如幼鳥(niǎo)所發(fā)出的短而柔和且高尖的聲音或發(fā)音
A slight sound or utterance:
輕的聲音或說(shuō)話聲：
例句：
I don`t want to hear a peep out of you.
我不想聽(tīng)你吞吞吐吐地說(shuō)話

Any of various small North American sandpipers.
任何一種小的北美鷸鳥(niǎo)

來(lái)源：
Middle English *pepen
中古英語(yǔ) *pepen
probably alteration of pipen
可能為 pipen的變化
from Old English popian [to pipe]
源自 古英語(yǔ) popian [用管樂(lè)吹奏或用尖嗓子說(shuō)話]
from Old English pope [tube, musical instrument]
源自 古英語(yǔ) pope [管，樂(lè)器]
and from Latin pop3re [to peep] * see pipe
并源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pop3re [發(fā)出吱吱啾啾聲] *參見(jiàn) pipe

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v.（動(dòng)詞）
peeped,peep.ing,peeps
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To peek furtively; steal a quick glance.
窺視：偷窺；快速地偷看一眼
To peer through a small aperture or from behind something.
偷窺：透過(guò)細(xì)縫或從某物后面偷偷地看
To appear as though emerging from a hiding place:
隱現(xiàn)：似乎從隱藏的地方顯現(xiàn)出來(lái)：
例句：
the moon peeping through the clouds.
月亮透過(guò)云層緩緩出現(xiàn)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cause to emerge or become partly visible:
使出現(xiàn)或部分可見(jiàn)的：
例句：
He peeped his head through the door.
他從門(mén)后探出腦袋

n.（名詞）
A quick or furtive look or glance.
瞥：很快地或偷偷地看
A first glimpse or appearance:
第一次瞥見(jiàn)或顯現(xiàn)：
例句：
the peep of dawn.
天剛破曉

來(lái)源：
Middle English pepen
中古英語(yǔ) pepen
perhaps alteration of piken [to peek] * see peek
可能為 piken的變化 [偷窺] *參見(jiàn) peek