peek
意味
- (…を)こっそりちらっとのぞく《+at(in,into)+名》
- 《単数形で》ちらっとのぞき見ること,のぞき見
例文
You can see the sun peeking through the clouds.
雲の切れ間から太陽が見えます。
Tom opened the box and peeked inside.
トムは箱を開け、中をのぞき込んだ。
You should stop peeking when people are using their cellphones.
人が携帯いじってるときに覗き込む癖やめた方がいいよ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”).