beck
n
(Brit dialect 方) mountain stream; brook. beck, n (idm 习语) at one's/sb's ,beck and `call always ready to obey one's/sb's orders immediately 听命於人; 唯某人之命是从
The king has always had servants at his beck and call. 国王有奴仆们随时听他使唤.
I'm not at your beck and call, you know. 你要知道, 我是不会听你指使的.
🗣️ 情景例句
But, Daddy, I thought ...
但是, 爸爸 ,我想……
Naughty boys sometimes make good men.
淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。
That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.