Word · Frequency #12244
pecking
啄；啄击
pecking is the present participle of peck.
核心释义
To strike or poke with the beak, as a bird does.
- 1.
用鸟喙啄击或啄穿
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- 2.
向前踉跄；尤指马以蹄尖着地而绊倒
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- 3.
用喙或尖物啄成
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- 4.
用尖物反复快速击打、戳、刺或挖
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- 5.
用喙或似喙之物啄取；咬；吃；常与up连用
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- 6.
零碎地、断断续续地做某事
To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- 7.
逐个找键打字
To type by searching for each key individually.
- 8.
轻吻
To kiss briefly.
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
用法In use
The chicken pecked at the grain scattered on the ground.
用法提示：peck at sth 表示啄食某物，常用于鸟类。
She pecked at her dinner without much appetite.
用法提示：peck at sth 也用于形容人小口、勉强地吃。
The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree trunk.
用法提示：peck 可直接接宾语，表示啄出洞等结果。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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”。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物，接宾语或不接；"peck at"表示啄或挑剔。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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