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peck at

/pɛk æt/

翻译: 动词短语,指没有食欲地只吃一点点食物,也指反复地、犹豫或挑剔地啄或敲击某物。

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词语关系

verb

/pɛk æt/B2formal
  • zh动词短语,指没有食欲地只吃一点点食物,也指反复地、犹豫或挑剔地啄或敲击某物。

A phrasal verb used to indicate eating very small amounts of food without appetite, or repeatedly striking or picking at something in a hesitant or fussy manner.

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  1. Eat small amountsinformal

    To eat only small amounts of food, often without appetite.

    zh小口吃

    • She just pecked at her dinner, not feeling hungry.
    • He pecked at the salad without enthusiasm.
    • The child pecked at the food on his plate.

    同义词nibblepick attoy with

    反义词devourfeastgorge

  2. Criticize repeatedlyinformal

    To make small, repeated criticisms or complaints.

    zh挑剔

    • The boss kept pecking at him for minor mistakes.
    • She pecked at her husband's driving the whole trip.
    • Stop pecking at me about the details.

    同义词carpcavilnagnitpickquibble

    反义词applaudcommendcomplimentlaudpraise

词形
  • pecked at past participle
  • pecked at past simple
  • pecking at present participle
  • pecks at third person singular

基本动词peck

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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