记忆方法
1. Peeping Tom 偷窥狂。
2. 趴在门上，两只眼睛.
3. 其实很像两只眼睛通过前后两个p的孔去偷窥。
2. 趴在门上，两只眼睛.
3. 其实很像两只眼睛通过前后两个p的孔去偷窥。
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词族 · peep
中文词源
peep 偷窥，偷看
来自中古英语pepen,来自piken拼写变体，词源同peek.
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.
- 2. Children came to peep at him round the doorway.
- 孩子们围在门口偷看他。
- 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。
- 4. I took a peep through the keyhole.
- 我从钥匙孔偷看了一眼.
- 5. He never dared peep again.
- 他不敢再作声了.
词语辨析
【peer, peep, gape, glance, stare, gaze, glare, glimpse】
这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
peer: v.指眯起眼睛仔细看，尤指看不清楚的情况下；费力地看，凝视。
• Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of peering at people. 因为有点近视，她有眯着眼睛看人的习惯。
peep: v.窥视，偷看。
• The mother peeped into the bedroom to see if her child was asleep. 母亲偷偷向卧室看了一下，看她的孩子是否睡着了。
gape: v. (张着嘴、瞪大眼睛)呆看，强调一种吃惊的状态。
• The children gaped at the big elephant in the zoo. 在动物园，孩子们张大了嘴巴呆呆地看着大象。
glance: v. (粗略地、随便地)一瞥，看一眼。
• He glanced over the letter he had just received. 他把刚收到的那封信粗略地看了一遍。
stare: v.凝视，盯着，指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视，常常含有粗鲁无礼的意思。
• I told my son to stop staring at that fat woman; it wasn't nice. 我告诉儿子不要盯着那个胖女人，那样看人不礼貌。
gaze: v.凝视，注视，指由于好奇、感叹、长时间目不转睛地看。
• She gazed at her beautiful new diamond ring. 她凝视着自己的这颗美丽崭新的钻戒。
glare: v.怒目而视，强调怀有敌意或在气愤的情绪下看；眩目地照射。
• The woman glared at the man after he shouted rudely at her. 那男人粗暴地冲她大声喊叫，她也怒目而视。
glimpse: v.与glance意思相近，短促地看一眼，一瞥。
这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
peer: v.指眯起眼睛仔细看，尤指看不清楚的情况下；费力地看，凝视。
• Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of peering at people. 因为有点近视，她有眯着眼睛看人的习惯。
peep: v.窥视，偷看。
• The mother peeped into the bedroom to see if her child was asleep. 母亲偷偷向卧室看了一下，看她的孩子是否睡着了。
gape: v. (张着嘴、瞪大眼睛)呆看，强调一种吃惊的状态。
• The children gaped at the big elephant in the zoo. 在动物园，孩子们张大了嘴巴呆呆地看着大象。
glance: v. (粗略地、随便地)一瞥，看一眼。
• He glanced over the letter he had just received. 他把刚收到的那封信粗略地看了一遍。
stare: v.凝视，盯着，指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视，常常含有粗鲁无礼的意思。
• I told my son to stop staring at that fat woman; it wasn't nice. 我告诉儿子不要盯着那个胖女人，那样看人不礼貌。
gaze: v.凝视，注视，指由于好奇、感叹、长时间目不转睛地看。
• She gazed at her beautiful new diamond ring. 她凝视着自己的这颗美丽崭新的钻戒。
glare: v.怒目而视，强调怀有敌意或在气愤的情绪下看；眩目地照射。
• The woman glared at the man after he shouted rudely at her. 那男人粗暴地冲她大声喊叫，她也怒目而视。
glimpse: v.与glance意思相近，短促地看一眼，一瞥。