Word · Frequency #22596
Fully loadedpeek
/piːk/
verb
快速看一眼；瞥一眼
to take a quick look at something; to glance briefly
- 1.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
瞥一眼；快速看一下
瞥一眼；快速看一下；偷看；窥视
In use
She peeked through the curtains to see who was outside.
Don't peek at your gift before your birthday.
He peeks at his phone during meetings.
I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
peek at sth/sb
常用于秘密或快速看某物。
She peeked at the test answers.
她偷看了测试答案。
peek into/through/over sth
描述透过缝隙或障碍物看。
He peeked through the curtains.
他透过窗帘偷看。
peek out (from/behind sth)
也可用于描述部分显现。
Connections
Collocations
- peek at
- 偷看；瞥一眼
- She peeked at the letter before passing it to him.她把信递给他之前偷偷看了一眼。
- peek inside
- 往里面偷看；快速看一眼里面
- He peeked inside the fridge to see what was for dinner.他往冰箱里瞄了一眼，想知道晚餐吃什么。
- peek through
- 透过（缝隙等）偷看
- We peeked through the curtains at the street parade.我们透过窗帘偷看街上的游行。
- peek over
- 越过…偷看；从上方瞥见
- The little boy peeked over the edge of the table to see the cake.小男孩从桌边探过头去看蛋糕。
Idioms & figurative uses
- sneak peek
- 抢先看；先睹为快Here's a sneak peek at our new collection.这是我们的新系列的一个抢先预览。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象“peek”里两个 e 像两只眼睛，从门缝里偷偷快速瞥一眼。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：偷看礼物或信封、从门缝或窗户快速看一眼、儿童游戏时偷看位置 peek 是比较日常的说法，通常用于口语或非正式书面语，表示快速或偷偷地看一眼；在更正式的场合，常用 glance 或 take a brief look。
Grammar Note
常与介词 at, into, through 连用，表示偷看的方向或方式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
上述单词均与 peek 一样以 /iːk/ 结尾，押韵，且拼写都以 -eek 结尾。注意 peck /pɛk/（啄）和 pick /pɪk/（挑选）拼写接近但发音不同；另外 peak /piːk/ 与 peek 同音但拼写不同。
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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