late 14c., "mute signal," from noun use of bekken (v.), variant of becnan "to beckon" (see beckon). Transferred sense of "slightest indication of will" is from late 15c.
beck (v.)
c. 1300, shortening of beckon. (v.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision.
事態(tài)一旦平息，貝克就為他的決定辯白。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Football: Taylor blasts Beck.
足球：泰勒炮轟貝克。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. It turns out that Beck had found another on the methodology control panel: discipline.