beep

Word family

Related topics: Daily life, Motor vehicles

beep /biːp/ verb

1 [intransitiveI]TD if a machine beeps, it makes a short high sound 〔机器〕哔哔响，嘟嘟响 SYN bleep

Why does the computer keep beeping?

为什么电脑不断哔哔响？

► see thesaurus at sound

2. [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTC if a car horn beeps, or if you beep your car horn, it makes a loud noise （使）〔汽车喇叭〕鸣响；按响

—beep noun [countableC]

Leave your message after the beep.

哔声后请留言。

Examples from the Corpus

beep• Dozens of arcade games were beeping and ringing along the wall.• We don't know how we got in either Voice over Within minutes, the machines were beeping and the tills humming.• Beep Dr. Greene - he's needed in the ER.• Mait had gone only a short distance when he heard the faint beep from above.• After much beeping some one heard them and came out - they were still stuck.• And when we first came upon the hot spring, the first thing I heard was the beeping sound.• WordPerfect will beep when it is ready to print.• They beep, whir, thank, apologize, greet, inform, and give instructions.• As you get closer the beeping will get more rapid.

Origin beep

(1900-2000) From the sound

beep verb

Chinese

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