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peck : 英英辞書
Peck
n.[Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.]
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender." Shak.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." Milton.

Peck
v. t.[imp. & p. p.Pecked (); p. pr. & vb. n.Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. Addison.
This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas.
Shak.
4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

Peck
v. i.
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. Carew.
2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
[The hen] went pecking by his side.
Dryden.
To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.

Peck
(), n.A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.



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