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beak

noun
🔊/biːk/
🔊/biːk/
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  1. the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth鸟喙
     synonym bill
    • The gull held the fish in its beak.海鸥嘴里叼着鱼。🔊🔊
    Topics Birdsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • short
    • small
    • large
    • …
    verb + beak
    • open
    • close
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  2. (humorous) a person’s nose, especially when it is large and/or pointed鹰钩鼻；尖鼻；鼻子
  3. (British English, old-fashioned, slang) a person in a position of authority, especially a judge掌权者；（尤指）法官
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Celtic origin.sense 3 late 18th cent.: probably from criminals' slang.