
啄;少量地吃
The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。
I'll call th' robin up, he said, and give him th' rind o' th' bacon to peck at.
“我将把知更鸟叫来,”他说道,“把这熏肉圈给它啄一啄。”
The birds of night peck at the first stars.
夜晚的鸟群啄食第一阵闪烁的群星。
Birds fly over, peck at the fruit trees.
鸟儿飞过来,在树上啄果实。
Deal with the question seriously, do not just peck at it.
严肃地处理这个问题,不要只看表面。
“peck at”的详细解释
“peck at”是一个英语动词短语,具有以下两层核心含义:
字面意义(动物行为)
指鸟类用喙快速、轻快地啄击某物。例如:
“The sparrow pecked at the bread crumbs on the ground.”(麻雀啄食地上的面包屑。)
此用法常见于描述鸟类进食或攻击行为,参考来源:牛津词典(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/)。
比喻意义(人类行为)
“She pecked at her salad, clearly not hungry.”(她小口吃着沙拉,显然不饿。)
“He kept pecking at her mistakes during the meeting.”(他在会议上不断挑剔她的错误。)
比喻义项参考来源:剑桥词典(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)。
权威补充说明
根据《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》(https://www.collinsdictionary.com/),“peck at”还可引申为“对某事浅尝辄止”,例如:
“The students pecked at the complex problem without fully solving it.”(学生们浅尝辄止地处理了这个复杂问题,未彻底解决。)
此短语的用法需结合语境判断具体含义,其核心关联意象为“快速、轻微且重复的动作”。
“peck at”是一个动词短语,主要有以下两层含义:
字面含义:鸟类啄食 指鸟类用喙快速、轻微地啄击某物。例如:
小鸡啄食地上的谷物 → "The chick pecked at the grains on the ground."
引申含义:少量/挑剔地进食 描述人进食时兴趣缺缺、只吃少量食物或挑拣食物的行为。例如:
她午餐时只随便吃了两口沙拉 → "She pecked at her salad during lunch."
扩展用法:该短语偶尔也用于描述持续性轻微动作,如:
注意:该短语与名词“peck”(轻吻)无直接关联,主要强调快速、轻微的动作特性。具体含义需结合语境判断。
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