peek

peek
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial]look quickly, typically in a furtive manner
    瞥；偷看，窥视
    faces peeked from behind twitched curtains.
    一张张脸从扯动的窗帘后面窥视着。
    ■(figurative)protrude slightly so as to be just visible
    (喻)露出一点点
    his socks were so full of holes his toes peeked through.
    他袜子上到处是洞，一个个脚趾从洞里露出来。
noun
  1. a quick and typically furtive look
    一瞥；偷偷地一看
    a peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived.
    透过窗户向外一瞥看见出租车已经来了。
  2. (一般作PEEK)(Computing)a statement or function in BASIC for reading the contents of a specified memory location
    (计算机)读取数据（BASIC语言中用来读取指定存储单元内容的指令或功能）。 比较 poke（义项3）
语源
  1. late Middle English pike, pyke, of unknown origin
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