beck

[US]/bek/
[UK]/bɛk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.點頭;招手;(英)小河
Word Forms
複數becks

Phrases & Collocations

beck and call

隨叫隨到

Example Sentences

to beckon someone over

招手讓某人過來

at the beck and call

隨時聽候差遣

to beckon for attention

招手引起注意

to beckon a taxi

招手叫出租車

to beckon a waiter

招手叫服務員

to beckon a friend

招手召喚朋友

to beckon a pet

招手引導寵物

to beckon a child

招手召喚孩子

to beckon a stranger

招手引導陌生人

to beckon a colleague

招手叫同事

Real-world Examples

Her youth and situation had led him to expect a simplicity quite at the beck of his method.

他原先以爲,像她那樣的年紀,那樣的處境,看問題很單純,會很容易地聽他調度。

Source: Returning Home

Oh, yes, you're very important, aren't you? Very know-it-all. With all of us at your beck and call? !

你可真成大人物了。萬事通。我們都得聽你差遣是嗎?!

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together.

狗聽從了他手指的重要手勢,然後他們偷偷地一起離開了。

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

He's at the Vice President's beck and call.

對副總統的召喚要隨叫隨到。

Source: Homeland Season 2

She has a bunch of them at her beck and call.

她有一羣人隨時待命。

Source: 2014 ESLPod

" Water? There's plenty i' the beck, " she said, quite sharply.

“水?後面有很多, ” 她尖銳地說。

Source: Water Child

You have me at your beck and call, from this time forward.

從現在開始, 我隨時待命。

Source: Haida Gaobule

Sixty six, get beck to your own bank.

66號 回到你的位置。

Source: Movies

" She has a bunch of them at her beck and call, " Angie says.

“她有一大羣人隨時待命,”安吉說。

Source: 2014 ESLPod

" She" – again, Joanna – " has a bunch of them at her beck and call."

“她” ——再一次, 喬安娜——“有一羣人聽命於她。

Source: 2014 ESLPod

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