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

• Those guys like to eavesdrop on ordinary Chinese citizens.
  这些家伙窃听普通中国公民上了瘾。
• 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。
• Walking slowly because you're afraid we'll eavesdrop, aren't you?
  走得慢吞吞的，怕我们听见，是不是？
• Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.
  强大的程序接口可以窃听人们在电脑上的输入字符。
• The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.
  女佣在厨房门后偷听。
• Some journalists will always try to eavesdrop on the private conversations of the Royal family.
  有些记者总想设法偷听皇室成员的私下交谈。
• When a server and client communicate, TLS ensures that no third party may eavesdrop or tamper with any message.
  当服务器和客户机进行通信时，TLS确保第三方无法窃取或篡改任何消息。
• 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。
• I could have sworn several people behind us were walking close enough to eavesdrop.
  我可以发誓有好几个人紧跟在我们后面，近得都能偷听到我们对话。