henpeck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɛnpɛk/    美 /ˈhɛnˌpɛk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who is meekly subservient to his wife. rare
    — One can't swear that Dewan Bahadur Yama Dharma Rao was a henpeck ; nor could be said that the practical Lady was a cockpeck.
动词 v.
  1. To nag persistently.
    — But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?
  2. to peck or peck at another bird.
    — Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings.

词形变化

henpecks present,singular,third-person henpecking participle,present henpecked participle,past henpecked past hen-peck alternative hen peck alternative henpecks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
henpecked henpecker henpeckery

词源

词源 1
From hen + peck.
词源 2
From hen + peck.
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