英语词汇peck的发音释义、词根词缀、结构分析、同源词、词频及词根记忆法-英语词根词缀词典

peck

c.1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick, v.), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking.

late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with Old French pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin (Barnhart says these were borrowed from English). Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck, v..

"act of pecking," 1610s, from peck, v.. It is attested earlier in thieves' slang (1560s) with a sense of "food, grub."

词汇	peck
词根词缀	Online Etymology Dictionary peck v. c.1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick, v.), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking. n. 1 late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with Old French pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin (Barnhart says these were borrowed from English). Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck, v.. 2 "act of pecking," 1610s, from peck, v.. It is attested earlier in thieves' slang (1560s) with a sense of "food, grub."
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