PEEP

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Traducere în limba română

peep¹ I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (at, into) a privi pe gaura cheii / printr-o mică deschizătură, a se iţi (la, în).

2. a privi pe furiş, a iscodi, a se iţi, a trage cu ochiul;

peeping Tom un om curios.

3. (despre flori) a miji, a îmboboci, a scoate capul.

4. (despre zori) a miji, a se ivi, a se revărsa.

5. (mai ales to peep out) (despre soare sau un obiect îndepărtat) a se ivi a se zări, a apărea.

6. (mai ales to peep out) (despre calităţi) a se vădi, a ieşi la iveală.

peep¹ I. verb B. tranzitiv

a scoate la iveală.

peep¹ II. substantiv

1. privire pe furiş sau atentă;

to get a peep of a zări;

to have / to take a peep at a arunca o privire fugară asupra. (cu gen.)

2. prima apariţie;

peep of day/ dawn/ morning zori.

peep² I. verb intranzitiv

1. a ciripi, a piui.

2. a chiţăi.

peep² II. substantiv

1. ciripit, piuit.

2. chiţăit.

peep³ substantiv

(amer. mil. sl.) jeep, maşină mică militară.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Aha?” cried the little creature, glancing sharply at my face, and then peeping round at Steerforth's.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It was but a few days after the coming of my uncle’s letter that we walked over the Downs together, and I had a peep of the bitterness of his heart.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I must have a peep through that, Watson.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Poor man, I pitied him, and when the girls were gone, took just one more peep to see if he survived it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"Look at yourself in the mirror: you have not taken one peep."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

A peep at Wolf Larsen showed me that he had not moved.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I understand yours, peeping down into his face.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

There is a glass door between it and the nursery, and I mean to peep at him, and then I'll tell you how he looks.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Will you mind it, if I say something very, very silly? —more than usual? inquired Dora, peeping over my shoulder into my face.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I just wish, though, instead of peeping, you'd come over and see us.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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