peck

• vi. 啄食；扔石頭；吹毛求疵
• vt. 啄食；扔
• n. 許多；配克（容量單位，等於2加侖）；啄痕；快速輕吻

來自pick變體，詞義同撿拾引申為啄，輕吻。

peck (v.)

c. 1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick (v.)), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking.

peck (n.1)

late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with Old French pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin (Barnhart says these were borrowed from English). Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck (v.).

peck (n.2)

"act of pecking," 1610s, from peck (v.). It is attested earlier in thieves' slang (1560s) with a sense of "food, grub."

1. He gave me a little peck on the cheek.

他匆匆輕吻了一下我的臉。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death.

它們開始攻擊同類，拚命地互相啄著。

來自柯林斯例句

3. These birds peck off all the red flowers.

這些鳥啄掉了所有紅色的花。

來自柯林斯例句

4. She gave him a light peck of farewell.

她給了他一個匆匆的吻道別.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The cock gave me a peck.

那隻公雞啄了我一下.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》