peck

verb

1. 啄；鹐
   to move the beak forward quickly and hit or bite sth
   1. A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
      一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
   2. A bird had pecked a hole in the sack.
      一只鸟把袋子啄了个洞。
   3. Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
      秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。
2. 匆匆地轻吻
   to kiss sb lightly and quickly
   1. He pecked her on the cheek as he went out.
      他出门时匆匆轻吻了一下她的面颊。
   2. She pecked his cheek.
      她轻吻了一下他的脸。

noun

1. 匆匆的吻
   a quick kiss
   1. He gave her a friendly peck on the cheek.
      他友好地在她脸上轻轻一吻。
2. 啄
   an act of pecking sb/sth
   1. The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
      虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。

1. VERB 啄；啄食
   If a bird pecks at something or pecks something, it moves its beak forward quickly and bites at it.
   1. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...
      时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
   2. Chickens pecked in the dust...
      鸡在尘土中啄食。
   3. It pecked his leg...
      它啄了他的腿。
   4. They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death...
      它们开始攻击同类，拼命地互相啄着。
   5. These birds peck off all the red flowers.
      这些鸟啄掉了所有红色的花。
2. VERB 匆匆轻吻
   If you peck someone on the cheek, you give them a quick, light kiss.
   1. Elizabeth walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek...
      伊丽莎白走到他面前，在他脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
   2. She pecked his cheek.
      她轻轻地吻了一下他的脸。
   3. Peck is also a noun.
      
   4. He gave me a little peck on the cheek.
      他匆匆轻吻了一下我的脸。

1. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find
   时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
2. Chickens pecked in the dust
   鸡在尘土中啄食。
3. It pecked his leg
   它啄了他的腿。
4. They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death
   它们开始攻击同类，拼命地互相啄着。
5. These birds peck off all the red flowers.
   这些鸟啄掉了所有红色的花。
6. Elizabeth walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek
   伊丽莎白走到他面前，在他脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
7. The cock gave me a peck.
   那只公鸡啄了我一下。
8. This bird, sharp of eye and deft of beak, can accurately peck the flying insects in the air.
   这只鸟眼疾嘴快，能准确地把空中的飞虫啄住。
9. The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground.
   小鸡会把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起来吃掉。
10. Newly hatched chicks can walk and peck.
    刚孵育出来的小鸡就会走、会啄食。
11. The parrot gave Me. a sharp peck on the finger.
    鹦鹉把我的手指啄得很疼。
12. Do you know why chickens peck the ground?
    你知不知道为什么鸡啄地面？
13. Hearing this, I said nothing but just gave him a peck and ran away.
    听了他的话，我不知道说些什么好，于是，在他的脸上匆匆地吻了一下后就跑开了。
14. Bruce gave his aunt a peck on the cheek.
    布鲁斯在他姑妈的脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
15. I bent over and he stood on tiptoe to give me a peck on the chin.
    我弯下腰，他踮起脚尖只够着我下巴就匆匆一吻。
16. When she tried to touch the eggs, it gave her a peck.
    当她试图去摸那些蛋时，它啄了她一下。
17. Now I wanted to tease her, so I gave her an innocent peck and broke out.
    我想跟她发生点什么，但现在我要戏弄她，我给了她一个纯洁的吻然后离开。
18. Where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
    那这些由彼得这吹笛人选的许多腌辣椒在哪里呢？
19. I will let the birds cover me and peck out my eyes.
    我会让鸟儿占据我的身体，啄食我的眼珠。
20. Jack be the most hen-peck man I know.
    杰克是我所认识人中最怕老婆的人。
21. She gave him a peck on the cheek.
    她在他脸颊上匆匆一吻。
22. She gave me a peck on the cheek.
    她给我脸颊上啄一下。
23. Larger birds may come and peck holes in their eggs.
    大些的鸟会飞来在它们的蛋上啄洞。
24. He gave her a friendly peck on the cheek.
    他友好地在她脸上轻轻一吻。
25. Some say love is like a peck on the cheek.
    有人说，爱是面颊上的轻轻一吻。
26. Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando and Gregory Peck.
    哈德森，卡里格兰特，马龙·白兰度和格雷戈里·佩克。
27. Gregory Peck! He looks like Abraham Lincoln.
    他演起来太像亚伯拉罕·林肯了。
28. The birds will peck it to pieces within minutes and throw it on the floor.
    因为鸟儿会在几分钟内啄碎它，然后扔在地板上。
29. I suppose you're gonna call that another peck.
    我想你会说那又是一种啄法。
30. We hugged and she gave me again that wonderful peck on my cheek.
    我们拥抱时她又在我的脸上亲吻了一次。

peck at sth

1. （因不饿而）浅尝几口
   to eat only a very small amount of a meal because you are not hungry
   1. A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
      一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。
   2. A bird had pecked a hole in the sack.
      一只鸟把袋子啄了个洞。
   3. Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
      秃鹫啄出了死羊的眼睛。

v.

a/the pecking order

• 等级排序
  the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group
  1. New Zealand is at the top of the pecking order of rugby nations.
     新西兰在橄榄球国家中首屈一指。

noun

1. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   1. a batch of letters
   2. a deal of trouble
   3. a lot of money
   4. he made a mint on the stock market
   5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   6. it must have cost plenty
   7. a slew of journalists
   8. a wad of money

   Synonym:    batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad

verb

1. bother persistently with trivial complaints
   1. She nags her husband all day long

   Synonym:    naghen-peck

2. eat like a bird
   1. The anorexic girl just picks at her food

   Synonym:    pick atpeck at

3. eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonym:    pick up

4. hit lightly with a picking motion

   Synonym:    pickbeak

5. kiss lightly

   Synonym:    smack