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Definition of espy in English: espyverbespied, espying, espies ɪˈspʌɪɛˈspʌɪəˈspaɪ [with object]literary Catch sight of. 〈诗/文〉看到，看见；瞥见 she espied her daughter rounding the corner 她看见女儿正绕过拐角。 Example sentencesExamples - We espy the professor and his assistant in the distance and amble over to them.
- If I espy a weed trying to masquerade as one of my plants I just yank it out.
- This afternoon, whilst I was chatting to an elderly couple who wanted directions to somewhere, my eyes wandered to the car park verge and espied a single solitary daffodil blooming in the late winter sun.
- Later, I am in a supermarket, and I espy a former teacher whom I did not like.
- ‘I want that,’ my sister Molly says, espying my purchase.
Synonyms perceive, make out, pick out, detect, recognize, notice, observe, see, spot catch sight of, glimpse, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, see, spot, spy, notice, observe, make out, discern, perceive, pick out, sight, detect, have sight of
OriginMiddle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan. Compare with spy. Rhymesally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai Definition of espy in US English: espyverbəˈspīəˈspaɪ [with object]literary Catch sight of. 〈诗/文〉看到，看见；瞥见 she espied her daughter rounding the corner 她看见女儿正绕过拐角。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘I want that,’ my sister Molly says, espying my purchase.
- Later, I am in a supermarket, and I espy a former teacher whom I did not like.
- If I espy a weed trying to masquerade as one of my plants I just yank it out.
- We espy the professor and his assistant in the distance and amble over to them.
- This afternoon, whilst I was chatting to an elderly couple who wanted directions to somewhere, my eyes wandered to the car park verge and espied a single solitary daffodil blooming in the late winter sun.
Synonyms perceive, make out, pick out, detect, recognize, notice, observe, see, spot catch sight of, glimpse, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, see, spot, spy, notice, observe, make out, discern, perceive, pick out, sight, detect, have sight of
OriginMiddle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan. Compare with spy. |