peep(LOOK)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to look at someone or something
lookLook over there! A rainbow!
watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
peekHe peeked inside the box.
stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
 peek out, through, etc.
to stick out slightly and be partly seen: 微露出;探出
I could just see her petticoat peeking out from under her skirt.我刚好能从她的裙子下面看到露出的衬裙。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
spot
tab
peek
noun
 informaluk /piːk/ us /piːk/
 have/take a peek
C1
to look at something for a short time: 匆匆一瞥
If I'm passing by I might take a peek at the new premises.如果我路过那个新的场地的话，可能会去看上一眼。

peek | American Dictionary

peek
verb[ I ]
us/pik/
to look, esp. for a short time or while trying to avoid being seen:
Close your eyes and don’t peek.
If something peeks out or up, it can be partly seen:
The dog’s head peeked out from behind the tree.

peek

noun[ C ]us/pik/
She took a peek down the hall.

Examples of peek

peek
The primitive peektoken peeks the top of the input stream without deleting the element.
How can our type system ensure that each definition does not contribute to a transparent cycle without peeking at what the other one is (and hence violating abstraction)?
To enable parents to carry out this instruction, they were asked to peek while covering their eyes.
The reader may wish to peek ahead to this section to see some more motivating examples early on.
Another way of knowing the limitation, of course, would simply be to peek at the piece of paper.
Nevertheless, students and nonstudents alike are likely to find the book an enjoyable peek into the scientific study of language.
A peek into what today's language learners as researchers actually do.
The course of the exhibition ended for visitors with a short peek through a back door - where they looked at the wall.
Similarly, the softness of the soundtrack levels forces the listener to get closer to the piece and peek in.
I will close the screen doors, and peek as he comes home, hiding.
Hints of issues left undeveloped occasionally peek from the text.
They themselves both initiate and elicit exchanges in games like peek- a-boo, and they respond appropriately to initiations from others.
They peek into the tunnel.
210 as the quintessential ancestors, living inside the mountain and peeking out from the eyes of the mountain spirit.
I do not want employers to be peeking into their employees' bedrooms.
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