pecking

英 [ˈpekɪŋ]

美 [ˈpekɪŋ]

v.  啄; 鹐; 匆匆地轻吻
peck的现在分词

现在分词：pecking　

BNC.19703

柯林斯词典

• VERB 啄；啄食
  If a birdpecks atsomething orpeckssomething, it moves its beak forward quickly and bites at it.
  1. It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...
     时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
  2. Chickens pecked in the dust...
     鸡在尘土中啄食。
  3. It pecked his leg...
     它啄了他的腿。
  4. They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death...
     它们开始攻击同类，拼命地互相啄着。
  5. These birds peck off all the red flowers.
     这些鸟啄掉了所有红色的花。
• VERB 匆匆轻吻
  If youpecksomeoneonthe cheek, you give them a quick, light kiss.
  1. Elizabeth walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek...
     伊丽莎白走到他面前，在他脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
  2. She pecked his cheek.
     她轻轻地吻了一下他的脸。
  3. Peck is also a noun.
     
  4. He gave me a little peck on the cheek.
     他匆匆轻吻了一下我的脸。

双语例句

• It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find
  时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。
• The chicks are pecking rice.
  小鸡在啄米。
• What's the matter with the boy? He's only pecking at the food.
  这孩子怎么了？他只吃一点点东西。
• It was she whom I had heard pecking at a piece of bark;
  我刚才听到的声音就是它在啄一块树皮，而且担任警戒的正是它。
• The animals were in the fields, and the hens were pecking in farmyard.
  动物们都徜徉在农场田野间，母鸡也都能在农场空地上啄食米榖或小虫。
• They both came from families fairly far down the social pecking order.
  他们两个都来自社会最底层的家庭。
• Japan, in other words, is not conceding its place in the global pecking order relative to China.
  换句话说，和中国比起来，日本没有让出它在国际秩序中的地位。
• In the backyard I saw many hens ( pecking) at the corn.
  在院子里我看到很多母鸡在啄谷子。
• He started as a clerk but gradually rose in the pecking order.
  他刚开始是个职员，但慢慢地地位升高了。
• But nobody could see anything pecking him.
  然而，大家都没看见有什么东西在啄他。