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Definition of eavesdrop in English: eavesdropverbeavesdrops, eavesdropping, eavesdropped ˈiːvzdrɒpˈivzˌdrɑp [no object]Secretly listen to a conversation. 偷听，窃听 my father eavesdropped on my phone calls Example sentencesExamples - Also, the government can eavesdrop on any kind conversations these detainees have with their lawyers.
- I return to my seat long before the bell and eavesdrop on the conversation of the couple behind.
- Do you stay at the door and eavesdrop on the conversation without letting anyone know you're there?
- But guards eavesdropped on my conversations, standing very close and attempting to intimidate me.
- Sent to his room by Aunt Lou, Joe eavesdrops on the conversation.
- I eavesdropped on a conversation between two men seated next to me.
- An American spy plane flying over China was said to have eavesdropped on their conversation.
- I was eavesdropping on his conversation with another dad and didn't quite catch it.
- Why can't people be content to eavesdrop on the conversations around them?
- How do I confront him without letting him know that I eavesdropped on his conversation?
- As I head home after a long, emotional day, I eavesdrop on some random conversations.
- We had to eavesdrop on people's conversations and their telephone calls.
- Trying to look like I was having fun jumping up and down, I secretly eavesdrop on their conversation.
- I wanted to listen to you live, as though I was eavesdropping on your conversation.
- Try eavesdropping on a conversation the next time you're on the bus.
- I know it is trivial, but you don't often get to eavesdrop on the private conversations of US presidents.
- He watches a woman chase a runaway dog and eavesdrops on conversations even more banal than his prose.
- I move to a booth behind theirs and eavesdrop on their conversation.
- Inside the house he installed a monitoring system that taped all telephone calls and allowed him to eavesdrop on the conversation in any room.
- The idea is to allow people to communicate secure in the knowledge that nobody's eavesdropping on their conversation.
Synonyms listen in, spy, intrude monitor, tap, wiretap, record, overhear informal snoop, bug Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak
OriginEarly 17th century: back-formation from eavesdropper (late Middle English) 'a person who listens from under the eaves', from the obsolete noun eavesdrop 'the ground on to which water drips from the eaves', probably from Old Norse upsardropi, from ups 'eaves' + dropi 'a drop'. Definition of eavesdrop in US English: eavesdropverbˈivzˌdrɑpˈēvzˌdräp [no object]Secretly listen to a conversation. 偷听，窃听 she opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the conversation outside 她把窗户打开一道缝，刚好能偷听到外面的谈话。 Example sentencesExamples - Trying to look like I was having fun jumping up and down, I secretly eavesdrop on their conversation.
- Also, the government can eavesdrop on any kind conversations these detainees have with their lawyers.
- I move to a booth behind theirs and eavesdrop on their conversation.
- The idea is to allow people to communicate secure in the knowledge that nobody's eavesdropping on their conversation.
- I wanted to listen to you live, as though I was eavesdropping on your conversation.
- As I head home after a long, emotional day, I eavesdrop on some random conversations.
- Why can't people be content to eavesdrop on the conversations around them?
- I know it is trivial, but you don't often get to eavesdrop on the private conversations of US presidents.
- I eavesdropped on a conversation between two men seated next to me.
- How do I confront him without letting him know that I eavesdropped on his conversation?
- We had to eavesdrop on people's conversations and their telephone calls.
- Try eavesdropping on a conversation the next time you're on the bus.
- An American spy plane flying over China was said to have eavesdropped on their conversation.
- I was eavesdropping on his conversation with another dad and didn't quite catch it.
- But guards eavesdropped on my conversations, standing very close and attempting to intimidate me.
- Do you stay at the door and eavesdrop on the conversation without letting anyone know you're there?
- I return to my seat long before the bell and eavesdrop on the conversation of the couple behind.
- Sent to his room by Aunt Lou, Joe eavesdrops on the conversation.
- He watches a woman chase a runaway dog and eavesdrops on conversations even more banal than his prose.
- Inside the house he installed a monitoring system that taped all telephone calls and allowed him to eavesdrop on the conversation in any room.
OriginEarly 17th century: back-formation from eavesdropper ( late Middle English)‘a person who listens from under the eaves’, from the obsolete noun eavesdrop ‘the ground on to which water drips from the eaves’, probably from Old Norse upsardropi, from ups ‘eaves’ + dropi ‘a drop’. |