英 [pek æt] 美 [pek æt]
啄食：指小口小口地吃东西。
少量地吃(peck at), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
... not much to look at样子不怎么好看的，相貌平常的 peck at（鸟、鸡等）啄（食）；不断敲打；勉强小口地吃 pick at扯拉，抓弄；无食欲地吃，无兴趣地干（某事） ...
The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
虎皮鹦鹉匆匆地啄了一下种子。
"I'll call th' robin up," he said, "and give him th' rind o' th' bacon to peck at."
“我将把知更鸟叫来，”他说道，“把这熏肉圈给它啄一啄。”
The birds of night peck at the first stars.
夜晚的鸟群啄食第一阵闪烁的群星。
In this workers' market, anyone with a measurable pulse and two fingers to peck at a keyboard is employable.
She is distressed by how many worshipers peck at phones during service, sometimes hiding them underneath prayer shawls or behind purses.
Before her operation Becky could not peck at food on the ground so her seed was gathered into little mounds so she could feed.