peck
n. 配克(英美干量单位), 啄痕, 啄食, 许多 vt. 啄, 啄食, 琢, 凿成, 扔 vi. 啄, 吹毛求疵, 啄食, 勉强吃 [计] 取数
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An act of striking with a beak.
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A small kiss.
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One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
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A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
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Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
不可数an occurrence of peck in rice
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Food.
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Misspelling of pec.
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To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
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及物/不及物The birds pecked at their food.
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To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
及物to peck a hole in a tree
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To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
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To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados Occasionally a little band of exploring children with the fictitious optimism of youth pecked among its rank and tangled growth in the affectation of hoping to find blackberries there; […]
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To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
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To type by searching for each key individually.
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To type in general.
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To kiss briefly.
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To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
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To throw.
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From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.
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