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peep at/into/through sth
表示偷看或窥视某物，后接介词 at/into/through 等。
She peeped through the curtains to see who was outside.
她透过窗帘偷看外面是谁。
偷看；窥视；瞥
peeped — past of peep
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
偷看；窥视；瞥
to look quickly and secretly, especially through a narrow opening or while trying not to be noticed
She peeped through the curtains to see who was outside.
她透过窗帘偷看外面是谁。
发出类似雏鸟的轻柔尖叫声
To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
窥视；透过窄缝偷看
To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
轻声简短地说
To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
peep
Base
原形
peeps
3rd person
第三人称单数
peeping
-ing
现在分词
peeped
Past
过去式
peeped
Past participle
过去分词
She peeps through the curtain every morning.
她每天早上透过窗帘窥视。
He peeped into the room and saw no one.
他瞥了一眼房间，没看到人。
The baby is peeping from behind the sofa.
宝宝正从沙发后面偷看。
The child peeped through the keyhole to see what was happening inside.
孩子从钥匙孔里偷看，想知道里面发生了什么。
She peeps at her neighbor's garden every morning from her window.
她每天早上从窗户偷看邻居的花园。
I caught him peeping into my room while I was changing.
我换衣服时撞见他正往我房间里偷看。
表示偷看或窥视某物，后接介词 at/into/through 等。
She peeped through the curtains to see who was outside.
她透过窗帘偷看外面是谁。
表示逐渐出现或显露，常与 out 搭配。
The moon peeped out from behind the clouds.
月亮从云层后面隐约显现。
用于指发出尖细声音或小鸟叫声，也可指小声说话。
The chicks peeped loudly when they saw the mother hen.
小鸡看到母鸡时吱吱地大声叫。
Not this
She peeked through the window to see what was happening.
Use this
She peeped through the window to see what was happening.
中文学习者常混淆'peep'和'peek'，但'peep'更强调短暂而谨慎地看，而'peek'虽也指偷看但更口语化。此处根据词典应使用'peep'。
Not this
He peeped to the room.
Use this
He peeped into the room.
'peep'表示窥视某处时，介词应使用'into'表示内部，而不是'to'。'to'通常表示方向但不进入内部。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
透过（缝隙、窗户等）偷看
She peeped through the curtains to see who was outside.
她透过窗帘偷看谁在外面。
偷看；悄悄瞥一眼
He peeped at the birthday presents hidden in the closet.
他偷看了藏在壁橱里的生日礼物。
朝……里面窥视
I peeped into the room to see if anyone was there.
我朝房间里偷偷看了看，确认有没有人。
向外偷看；探出头
She peeped out of the window to see who was calling.
她偷偷从窗口向外看，看是谁在喊。
越过……偷看
The children peeped over the fence to watch the neighbors' party.
孩子们越过栅栏偷看邻居家的派对。
小鸡唧唧叫
The hungry chicks peeped loudly in the barn.
饥饿的小鸡在谷仓里大声地唧唧叫。
偷窥者；偷窥狂
The police arrested a peeping Tom who had been watching women through their windows.
警方逮捕了一名透过窗户偷看女性的偷窥狂。
（从某处）露出；探出；显现
The sun peeped out from behind the clouds.
太阳从云层后面露了出来。
Use peeped naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：peep 读音像雏鸟的“唧唧”声，两个 p 像两只眼睛从门缝偷看，把“窥视”和“雏鸟叫声”两个意思连起来记。
语域：neutral 常见场景：at a keyhole、behind a curtain、at a half-open door 表示“偷看/窥视”的义项时，peep 的语体通常为中性，多用于日常口语和一般书面叙述。常用来描述透过钥匙孔、窗帘缝隙或半开的门等小缝隙快速且不易被人察觉地看，没有明显的正式或非正式之分。
既可作及物动词也可作不及物动词
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