剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - peep collapse

peep
/pi:p/
verb
LOOK 看
[I usually + adv/prep]
* to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole
（通常指透过小孔）窥视，偷看

1. I saw her peeping through the curtains/ into the room.
我看见她透过窗帘／向房间里偷看。

/pi:p/
verb
APPEAR 出现
[I usually + adv/prep]
* to appear slowly and not be completely seen
隐现，微现；缓缓出现

1. A few early flowers had peeped up through the snow.
几朵早开的花从雪地里探出头来。

2. The cat's tail was peeping out from under the bed.
猫的尾巴从床底下露了出来。

/pi:p/
verb
NOISE 噪音
[I]
* to make a weak high noise
唧唧叫，发出尖而弱的声音

/pi:p/
noun
SOMETHING SAID 所说的话
[S] informal
* a statement, answer or complaint
讲话；答覆；牢骚

1. No one has raised a peep about this dreadful behaviour.
对如此恶劣的行径竟然没有人吭声。

2. One more peep out of you and there'll be no television tomorrow.
你再抱怨一声，明天就不准看电视了。

3. There hasn't been a peep out of (= any form of communication from) my sister for a couple of weeks.
好几周没有我妹妹的消息了。

/pi:p/
noun
NOISE 噪音
[C]
* the weak high noise made by young birds
（小鸟的）吱吱声，啾啾声

/pi:p/
noun
LOOK 看
[S]
* a quick look
一瞥

1. Take/Have a peep at what it says in this letter.
看一眼这封信上说些甚么。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - peep collapse

peep ★☆☆☆☆
1.VERB 动词瞥；偷看；窥视 If you peep, or peep at something, you have a quick look at it, often secretly and quietly.

【语法信息】：V at n

【语法信息】：V

【搭配模式】：a N

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

    孩子们围在门口偷看他。

  • Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.

    她时不时地偷眼看他是否在注意自己。

  • Peep is also a noun.

    • '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。

2.VERB 动词（从隐蔽处）隐现，微微露出 If something peeps out from behind or under something, a small part of it is visible or becomes visible.

【语法信息】：V prep/adv

  • Purple and yellow flowers peeped up between rocks...

    岩石间隐约可见紫色和黄色的花儿。

  • Here and there a face peeped out from the shop doorway.

    商店门口从不同方向露出一张脸。

3.PHRASE 短语没听到任何话（或动静） If you say that you don't hear a peep from someone, you mean that they do not say anything or make any noise.

【搭配模式】：V inflects

【语域标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • 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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - peep collapse

peep
peep / pi:p / verb1. [V] ~ (at sth) to look quickly and secretly at sth, especially through a small opening
   (尤指通过小孔)窥视,偷看:
   We caught her peeping through the keyhole.
   她从锁孔偷看时,被我们撞着了。
   He was peeping at her through his fingers.
   他从指缝偷看她。
   Could I just peep inside?
   我能不能看一眼里边？
2. [V +adv. / prep.] to be just visible
   微露出；部份现出:
   The tower peeped above the trees.
   塔尖从树梢上露出来。
   The sun peeped out from behind the clouds.
   太阳从云层里露了一下脸。
3. [V VN] to make a short high sound; to make sth make this sound.
   (使)发出尖细的声音,发出吱吱声noun1. [C, usually sing.] a quick or secret look at sth
   偷偷一瞥:
   Dave took a quick peep at the last page.
   戴夫迅速地瞟了一下最后一页。
2. [sing.] (informal) something that sb says or a sound that sb makes
   说话；出声音:
   We did not hear a peep out of the baby all night.
   我们整夜都没听到婴儿出声。
3. [C] a short high sound like the six made by a young bird or by a whistle
   啾啾声；嘟嘟声
4. (also peep 'peep) (BrE) [C] a word for the sound of a car's horn, used especially by children
   嘟嘟(儿语,指汽车喇叭声)

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - peep collapse

peep

I. noun

1. quick look

• ADJECTIVE quick

• VERB + PEEP have, take | get

• PREPOSITION ~ at I noticed him take a little ~ at his watch. | ~ behind The movie gives us a ~ behind the curtain at a Broadway musical. | ~ into a ~ into the private life of a world leader | ~ through I took a ~ through the keyhole.

2. quiet sound

• VERB + PEEP utter | hear

• PHRASES (not) a ~ He didn't dare utter a ~. | Not a ~ of protest was heard from the State Department. (figurative)

II. verb

• ADVERB cautiously He ~ed out cautiously from behind the door. | out

• PREPOSITION at She was tempted to ~ at the letter. | through The child ~ed through a crack in the door. |

III. verb

• ADVERB cautiously He ~ed out cautiously from behind the door. | out He ~ed out cautiously from behind the door.

• PREPOSITION at She was tempted to ~ at the letter. | through The child ~ed through a crack in the door.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - peep collapse

peep
 see hear a peep out of.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - peep collapse

peep verb
⇨ glance

新牛津英语同义词词典 - peep collapse

peep1

verb
1 I peeped through the keyhole
LOOK QUICKLY , cast a brief look, take a secret look, spy, take a sly/stealthy look, sneak a look, peek, have a peek, glance, peer; Scottish keek; informal take a gander, have a look-see, give someone/something a/the once-over, have a squint; Brit. informal have a dekko, have/take a butcher's, take a shufti.

2 the moon peeped through a chink in the clouds
APPEAR (SLOWLY/PARTLY) , show, come into view/sight, make an appearance, put in an appearance, present oneself/itself, become visible, emerge, issue, peek, peer out, surface, loom, show one's/its face, come to light, spring up, pop up, show up.

noun
I'll just take a peep at it
QUICK LOOK , brief look, sly look, stealthy look, sneaky look, peek, glance, glimpse, look, peer; Scottish keek; informal gander, look-see, once-over, squint, eyeful; Brit. informal dekko, butcher's, shufti.

peep2

noun
1 one morning I heard a telltale peep
CHEEP , chirp, chirrup, tweet, twitter, chirr, pipe, piping, warble, squeak, chatter.

2 there's been not a peep out of the children
SOUND , noise, cry, utterance, word; informal cheep.

3 a looted painting was sold without a peep
COMPLAINT , grumble, moan, groan, mutter, murmur, grouse, carping, objection, protest, protestation, outcry, demur, argument, remonstrance, remonstration, exception, grievance, cavil, quibble, word, sound; informal niggle, gripe, grouch, beef.

verb
the fax peeped and began to flutter out the papers
CHEEP , chirp, chirrup, tweet, twitter, chirr, pipe, squeak.

词源记忆 - peep collapse

peep 偷窥，偷看
来自中古英语pepen, 来自piken 拼写变体，词源同peek.