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pecker

Wiktionary 原文

/ˈpɛkə(r)/

构词拆解

peck

词干

‘to pick at something in the manner of a bird’

er

后缀

‘forming agent nouns’

-er: (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.

词源链

中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
pekker
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英语English
pecker

词源说明

From Middle English pekker, equivalent to peck (“to pick at something in the manner of a bird”) +‎ -er (“forming agent nouns”).

释义

名词noun

1Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
2(UK colloquial, by extension of the sense ‘beak

’) A

.

3(UK colloquial, by extension, from the expression ‘keep one's pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage.

4(chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerwood ("whitey; white trash")

5(chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerhead ("dickhead; an aggressive or objectionable idiot").

6USClipping of peckerhead (“an electric motor's junction or terminal connection box, where power cords are connected to the winding leads”).

同族词

派生词 22

antpecker
figpecker
groundpecker
nutpecker
peckerless
stonepecker
hunt-and-pecker
mountain pecker
pecker snot
wall-pecker
berrypecker
flowerpecker
keep one's pecker up
pecker checker
peckerhead
pecker-head
pecker head
pecker mill
peckerwood
pecky
rare pecker
woodpecker

相关词 1

peckish