peep

• n. 偷看；隱約看見，瞥見
• vi. 窺視；慢慢露出，出現；吱吱叫
• vt. 使出現
• n. (Peep)人名；(愛沙)佩普

來自中古英語pepen,來自piken拚寫變體，詞源同peek.

peep (v.1)

"glance" (especially through a small opening), mid-15c., perhaps alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796 (see Godiva).

peep (v.2)

"make a short chirp," c. 1400, probably altered from pipen (mid-13c.), ultimately imitative (compare Latin pipare, French pepier, German piepen, Lithuanian pypti, Czech pipati, Greek pipos).

peep (n.2)

"short chirp," early 15c., from peep (v.2); meaning "slightest sound or utterance" (usually in a negative context) is attested from 1903. Meaning "young chicken" is from 1680s. The marshmallow peeps confection are said to date from 1950s.

peep (n.1)

1520s, first in sense found in peep of day, from peep (v.1); meaning "a furtive glance" is first recorded 1730.

1. "Fourteen minutes," Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.

“14分鍾,”克裏斯瞥了一眼他的手表說道.

來自柯林斯例句

2. Children came to peep at him round the doorway.

孩子們圍在門口偷看他。

來自柯林斯例句

3. You don't hear a peep from her once she's gone to bed.

她一睡覺，就不會發出一點兒動靜。

來自柯林斯例句

4. I took a peep through the keyhole.

我從鑰匙孔偷看了一眼.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He never dared peep again.

他不敢再作聲了.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》