"beck" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 小溪

Definition

一種小溪流，尤其在英國北部常用此詞。有時也可指召喚某人的手勢（如片語 'at one's beck and call'）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Beck” 作為小溪多用於英國北部及文學作品，現今英語很少使用，主要見於地名。作為手勢的意思僅存在於 ‘at one's beck and call’（隨時待命）這個成語。

Examples

The children played by the beck all afternoon.

孩子們整個下午都在**小溪**邊玩。

A small beck runs behind their house.

他們家房子後面有一條**小溪**。

Fish live in the clear waters of the beck.

魚兒生活在**小溪**清澈的水中。

They went hiking and stopped to rest by a quiet beck in the woods.

他們去健行，在樹林裡安靜的**小溪**旁休息。

There's a famous place called Trout Beck up north.

北方有個著名的地方叫Trout **Beck**。

She's not at my beck and call, you know!

她可不是隨叫隨到為我服務的！