perk
To make in a percolator or a drip coffeemakerTo make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
» Have you told Tom about the perks?
Значення
значень: 8(розмовне, перехідне)To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
I’ll perk some coffee.
(розмовне, неперехідне)Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
The coffee is perking.
(перехідне)To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
(неперехідне)To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” in Lyrics of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, pp. 35-36, lines 152-153, […] suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place,
(застаріле)To peer; to look narrowly, sharply, or inquisitively.
(діалектне)To examine thoroughly.
(неперехідне, застаріле)To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
(застаріле)To perch.
- gain or regain energy
Приклади
речень: 30Have you told Tom about the perks?
Tom will perk up.
ruТом воспрянет духом.
It's a perk of the job.
There aren't any more perks now.
deEs gibt keine Vergünstigungen mehr.
Joining the military has its perks.
Походження
Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun). Origin uncertain. Perhaps a metathesiClipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a metathesis of prick.
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a variant of peer + -k (frequentative ending).
From Middle English perken, from Old Northern French perquer.
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Форми
perks, perking, perked, perkedСиноніми
синонімів: 4- gain or regain energy:perk uppercolatepick upgain vigor
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 6Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу