eavesdrop

英 [ˈiːvzdrɒp]

美 [ˈiːvzdrɑːp]

v.  偷听，窃听(其他人谈话)
n.  檐水

现在分词：eavesdropping　第三人称单数：eavesdrops　过去分词：eavesdropped　过去式：eavesdropped　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19789 / COCA.14900

牛津词典

verb

• 偷听，窃听（其他人谈话）
  to listen secretly to what other people are saying
  1. We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.
     我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 偷听;窃听
  If youeavesdrop onsomeone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.
  1. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations...
     政府非法窃听了他的电话。
  2. The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.
     女佣在厨房门后偷听。

英英释义

verb

• listen without the speaker's knowledge
  1. the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations
  Synonym:listen in

双语例句

• Tom: lisa? We're not trying to eavesdrop, but we can hear you whispering.
  汤姆：丽莎？我们不想偷听，但是我们听到你们在窃窃私语。
• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
  他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• Although the aim is to provide physicists with a new analysis tool, Arthur Endrich believes that it may also enable us to eavesdrop on the underlying sound of the universe.
  尽管这个（实验的）目的是为物理学家提供一个新的分析手段，但阿瑟恩德瑞奇相信它能够让我们偷听到宇宙的潜在的声音。
• Superfish also contains a major security hole that hackers can potentially exploit to eavesdrop on a user's web-browsing behaviour.
  Superfish软件中还含有一个重大安全漏洞，黑客有可能利用该漏洞，监听用户的网络浏览行为。
• The drones are also equipped to eavesdrop on electronic transmissions, enabling the US to monitor the Pakistani response.
  无人机上还设有电子传送窃听装备，这使美军能监听到巴方的回应。
• Again Miss Lin rolled over on the bed, and raised tier head She would eavesdrop on this conversation. Whom could Ma be talking to, that voices had to be kept so low?
  林小姐在床上又翻一个身，翘起了头，打算偷听妈和谁谈话，是那样悄悄地放低了声音。
• To listen to a conversation between others; eavesdrop.
  偷听听别人的谈话；偷听。
• Didn't anyone ever tell you it was rude to eavesdrop?
  没有人告诉过你偷听是很不礼貌的吗？
• The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations
  政府非法窃听了他的电话。
• The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.
  女佣在厨房门后偷听。