peep
A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby birdA short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.: A feeble utterance or complaint.
» Were you peeping through the keyhole?
Ты подглядывал через замочную скважину?
Значение
значений: 9A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
A feeble utterance or complaint.
I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
Pieps, Pieps
пискpisk
(собирательное)A brood of chicks (young chickens).
The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
(разговорное)A sandpiper or other small wader.
A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
a secret look
The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
the peep of day
A peepshow.
(Британия, сленг)A person.
(устаревшее)A spot on a die or domino.
Примеры
предложений: 57Were you peeping through the keyhole?
Ты подглядывал через замочную скважину? — Wezel
Tom peeped in the window and saw that Mary was still sleeping.
Том заглянул в окно и увидел, что Мэри всё ещё спит. — sharptoothed
The boy peeped in at the window.
deDer Junge guckte zum Fenster herein. — Manfredo
Tom opened the box and peeped in.
I saw Tom peeping through your window.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peFrom Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
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