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单词 keek
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Definition of keek in English:

keek

verb kiːkkēk
[no object]Scottish
  • Peep surreptitiously.

    偷看;窥探

    he keeked through the window

    他透过窗户偷看。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After slapping Harry on the ear, I keeked out of the flap expecting to see a furious young girl in the truck's wake, but only spotted a calf looking over a hedge.
    • He'll glower at the fire and he'll keek at the light!
    • It took Liam some time to answer the door. I keeked round the back to see him emerge through what I thought was a field of bamboo.
    • Please keek in on us from time to time.
    • When books were read round class, and you got the belt if you got carried away and keeked at the next page before you were allowed to.
    • She doesn't like playing piano and hates being keeked by Nobita Nobi when she was washing.
    • A quick glance around revealed a half-dozen other kids concealed in doorways, keeking out from behind walls, or half - hidden behind trees.
    Synonyms
    peep, have a peep, have a peek, take a secret look, spy, take a sly look, take a stealthy look, sneak a look, glance, cast a brief look, look hurriedly, look, peer
noun kiːkkēk
Scottish
  • A surreptitious glance.

    偷看;窥探

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They vanish like dreams at morn's first keek.
    • John Knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two Roberts, Burns and Fergusson, certainly would.
    • I will take a keek at anything I like now.
    • It's an odd story, a keek through the keyhole at the inner workings of how to stay famous, but it also serves to illustrate just how far the writer has come.
    Synonyms
    quick look, brief look, sly look, stealthy look, sneaky look, peek, glance, glimpse, look, peer

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch kijken 'have a look'.

Rhymes

antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak

Definition of keek in US English:

keek

verbkēk
[no object]Scottish
  • Peep surreptitiously.

    偷看;窥探

    he keeked through the window

    他透过窗户偷看。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A quick glance around revealed a half-dozen other kids concealed in doorways, keeking out from behind walls, or half - hidden behind trees.
    • Please keek in on us from time to time.
    • He'll glower at the fire and he'll keek at the light!
    • She doesn't like playing piano and hates being keeked by Nobita Nobi when she was washing.
    • When books were read round class, and you got the belt if you got carried away and keeked at the next page before you were allowed to.
    • It took Liam some time to answer the door. I keeked round the back to see him emerge through what I thought was a field of bamboo.
    • After slapping Harry on the ear, I keeked out of the flap expecting to see a furious young girl in the truck's wake, but only spotted a calf looking over a hedge.
    Synonyms
    peep, have a peep, have a peek, take a secret look, spy, take a sly look, take a stealthy look, sneak a look, glance, cast a brief look, look hurriedly, look, peer
nounkēk
Scottish
  • A surreptitious glance.

    偷看;窥探

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They vanish like dreams at morn's first keek.
    • It's an odd story, a keek through the keyhole at the inner workings of how to stay famous, but it also serves to illustrate just how far the writer has come.
    • John Knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two Roberts, Burns and Fergusson, certainly would.
    • I will take a keek at anything I like now.
    Synonyms
    quick look, brief look, sly look, stealthy look, sneaky look, peek, glance, glimpse, look, peer

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch kijken ‘have a look’.

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