Peck

[pek] or [pɛk]

解释:

(noun.) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches.

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

(verb.) eat by pecking at, like a bird.

(verb.) hit lightly with a picking motion.

恩里克录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

(n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

(v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

(v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

(v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.

(v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

(v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

(v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

(n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

校对:拉里

解释:

v.t. to strike with the beak: to pick up with the beak: to eat: to strike with anything pointed: to strike with repeated blows.—ns. Peck′er that which pecks: a woodpecker: (slang) spirit as in 'to keep one's pecker up'=to keep up one's spirits; Peck′ing the sport of throwing pebbles at birds.—adj. Peck′ish somewhat hungry.

n. a measure of capacity for dry goods=2 gallons or one-fourth of a bushel: a great amount.

校对:莎娜