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词汇 peeping
释义 peeping
present participle ofpeep
peep
verb
uk /piːp/ us /piːp/

peepverb (LOOK)


C2[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole: (通常指通过小孔)窥视,偷看
I saw her peeping through the curtains/into the room.我看见她透过窗帘/向房间偷看。
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab

peepverb (APPEAR)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to appear slowly and not be completely seen: 隐现,微现;缓缓出现
A few early flowers had peeped up through the snow.几朵早开的花从雪地里探出头来。
The cat's tail was peeping out from under the bed.猫的尾巴从床底下露了出来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Appearing & disappearing
appear
Bermuda Triangle
bubble up
creep
creep in/creep into something
deliquesce
dissolve
filter
melt away
pass
re-emergence
reappear
reappearance
rematerialize
spring
sprout
vanish
vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smokeidiom
vanishing
wind

peepverb (NOISE)


[ I ]
to make a weak high noise唧唧叫,发出尖而弱的声音
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal (non-human) sounds
baa
barky
bleat
buzzy
caterwauling
chatter
cheep
cockcrow
coo
honk
miaow
moo
purr
quack
roar
trill
trumpet
tu-whit tu-whoo
warble
whinny

Examples of peeping


peeping

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


She sat there, peeping at us, seemingly pleased with herself and with our response.
He, thus, did not appreciate that buzzing with laterally directed wings and 'peeping' are separate behaviour patterns.
Linda was a little thing, her small pretty face peeping out of a magenta knit ski-cap that also covered her neck.
His integrity, however, kept peeping through as he went through his speech.
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This is only just peeping over the horizon in its true colours.
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I was going to say that timidity comes peeping out at the very end of this document.
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Are we now peeping into the future?
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This is relevant to the issue of peeping toms, and to schools that grow hedges in order to stop people looking at schoolchildren in a state of semi-undress.
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But it is something very exceptional and one can see it peeping out very strongly in the articles by pilots that have been published in some papers.
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He said what he had to say at great length, with a little more of his undoubted ability as an economist peeping up over his rising ability as a politician.
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This begins a life of the two of them peeping on each other.
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Wikipedia

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This is the case, for instance, with peeping toms.
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The video starts off with an experimental scene, a woman's eye peeping through a key hole.
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Thankful that the bird is finally gone, the two soon hear peeping coming from inside his facial hair, and discover three small baby birds.
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This is heard as a characteristic peeping sound on a bat detector.
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