vt. 啄,啄食;啄出,啄穿;〈非〉轻吻,以迅速敷衍的方式亲吻
vi. 啄;小口地吃;不断地批评,吹毛求疵
n. 啄;啄痕,(啄出的)小洞;轻吻
The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。
They thought the birds must have come to peck his flesh.
他们认为鸟儿一定是来啄食他的肉的。
The sparrow perching upon the third horse, she began to peck him too.
麻雀骑在第三匹马上,也开始啄他。
"I´ll call th´ robin up," he said, "and give him th´ rind o´ th´ bacon to peck at."
“我将把知更鸟叫来,”他说道,“把这熏肉圈给它啄一啄。”
You could train a pigeon to peck for food but that´s because pecking for food is a very natural response.
你可以训练鸽子啄食,但那是因为啄食是一种非常自然的反应。