Word · Frequency #12244
peck
啄；啄击
To strike or poke with the beak, as a bird does.
- 1.
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
用鸟喙啄击或啄穿
- 2.
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
向前踉跄；尤指马以蹄尖着地而绊倒
- 3.
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
用喙或尖物啄成
- 4.
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
用尖物反复快速击打、戳、刺或挖
- 5.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
用喙或似喙之物啄取；咬；吃；常与up连用
- 6.
To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
零碎地、断断续续地做某事
- 7.
To type by searching for each key individually.
逐个找键打字
- 8.
To kiss briefly.
轻吻
轻吻；飞快地吻一下；啄食；小口吃；一个键一个键地敲；单指打字；一点一点地做；零零碎碎地做；（用尖物）戳；刺；挖
In use
The chicken pecked at the grain scattered on the ground.
She pecked at her dinner without much appetite.
The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree trunk.
peck at sth
peck at sth 强调用喙反复、试探性地啄；若要说明啄的结果（如啄出一个洞），则用及物结构 peck sth（into sth）。
The hen pecked at the grain scattered on the ground.
母鸡啄食撒在地上的谷粒。
peck sth into sth
这里 into 引出啄成的结果或位置，宾语可指被啄的对象，也可指啄出的东西，如 a hole。
The woodpecker pecked a hole into the tree trunk.
啄木鸟在树干上啄出一个洞。
Verb forms
base peck · third person pecks · -ing pecking · past pecked · past participle pecked
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- peck at one's food
- （因没胃口而）小口小口地吃，只吃一点点
- He was so nervous that he could only peck at his food.他紧张得只能一小口一小口地吃东西。
- peck someone on the cheek
- （在某人脸颊上）轻吻一下
- Grandpa pecked me on the cheek and smiled.爷爷在我脸颊上轻吻了一下，笑了。
- peck at the ground
- （鸡等）啄地觅食
- The chickens pecked at the ground looking for worms.鸡在地上啄来啄去，寻找虫子。
- peck a hole
- 啄出洞，啄穿
- The bird pecked a hole in the tree bark.鸟在树皮上啄出一个洞。
- peck at the window
- （鸟）啄窗户
- A sparrow kept pecking at the window this morning.今天早晨一只麻雀不停地啄窗户。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象小鸟用尖嘴飞快地啄一下——peck，字母p像鸟嘴，发音短促有力，记住“啄”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing birds using their beaks、nature observation、bird feeding 此义项多用于描述鸟类用喙啄击或啄食的动作，在自然观察、科普说明等语境中较为常见，属于中性表达。
Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物，接宾语或不接；"peck at"表示啄或挑剔。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with /pɛk/: they end in the stressed vowel /ɛ/ followed by /k/. Watch out for lookalikes spelled with 'ea' or 'ee,' such as peak/peek /piːk/, which sound different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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