Peep
[ pip ]
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v. 窥视，偷看;（小鸟等）唧唧地叫;（从隐蔽处）出现;
n. 窥视;唧唧声;隐现;慢慢露出;
📝 例句
I had a peep at your new dress.
我看了一眼你的新衣服。
One peep out of you and I cut your throat.
你要是通风报信，我就宰了你。
We can get a peep of a distant waterfall through the trees.
我们可以透过树丛隐约看见远方的瀑布。
The boy peeped through the keyhole to see what was going on inside.
男孩从钥匙孔里窥视,看里面发生什么情况。
We set off at the peep of day.
我们黎明时出发。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ peep-窥视,jeep-吉普车:小偷窥视吉普车
※ pee-撒尿,peep-窥视:别人撒尿他总想窥视真变态
※ pp-拼音“屁屁”,ee-似“眼睛”:一个人两只眼,翘着屁屁在偷看
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
peep
v [I, Ipr, Ip]
1 ~ (at sth) look quickly and slyly or cautiously (at sth) 匆匆地（且诡秘地或小心地）看（某物）; 偷看; 窥视
peep at a secret document 偷看秘密文件
be caught peeping through the keyhole 贴近锁眼窥视被当场抓住. Cf 参看 peek, peer2.
2 (of light) appear through a narrow opening （指光）通过细孔透入
daylight peeping through the curtains 穿过窗帘的阳光.
3 appear slowly or partly 慢慢露出; 部分出现
The moon peeped out from behind the clouds. 月亮从云层中隐现.
green shoots peeping up through the soil 慢慢破土而出的绿芽. peep, n
1 (esp sing 尤作单数) short quick look, esp a secret or sly one 一瞥（尤指秘密的或诡秘的）; 偷看; 窥视
have a peep through the window 隔著窗户偷看
take a peep at the baby asleep in her cot 悄悄地看看小床里熟睡的孩子.
2 (idm 习语) peep of `day first light of day; dawn 晨曦; 破晓.
peep n
1 [C] short weak high sound made by mice, young birds, etc; squeak （鼠、 小鸟等的）吱吱声, 啾啾声.
2 [C] (also peep `peep) (imitation of the) sound of a car's horn （模拟的）汽车的喇叭声.
3 [sing] (infml 口) sound made by sb, esp sth said 人声; （尤指）人语声
I haven't heard a peep out of the children for an hour. 有一个小时我没听见孩子们出声了. peep, v [I]
make a peep 作吱吱声或啾啾声; 发出（模拟的）汽车喇叭声; （指人）出声.
🎯 考研助记
p.p(两只手)+ee(眼睛):趴在窗户上- 偷看
🔁 扩展释义
*[pi:p]n. 一瞥, 偷看, 不完全的景象, 初现, 吱吱声, 嘀咕抱怨声, 汽车喇叭声vi. 窥视, 出现, 吱吱叫vt. 使隐约显现相关词组: have a peep ab sb peep through peep out
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Is it expensive to hire a car?
租车贵不贵？
Half an hour later, another man struck a match for a cigarette and this time the whole of the inside of the ship caught fire.
半小时后，又一个工人擦亮火柴想点支香烟，这下整个船舱都起了火。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。