peep

• n. 偷看；隐约看见，瞥见
• vi. 窥视；慢慢露出，出现；吱吱叫
• vt. 使出现
• n. (Peep)人名；(爱沙)佩普

来自中古英语pepen,来自piken拼写变体，词源同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分钟,”克里斯瞥了一眼他的手表说道.

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

孩子们围在门口偷看他。

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

她一睡觉，就不会发出一点儿动静。

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4. I took a peep through the keyhole.

我从钥匙孔偷看了一眼.

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5. He never dared peep again.

他不敢再作声了.

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