| 释义 |
eavesdrop/ˈi:vzdrɒp/v. intr. (-dropped, -dropping) listen secretly to a private conversation 偷听，窃听(私人谈话) □ eavesdropper n.[from an earlier noun eavesdrop ‘the ground on to which water drips from the eaves’, probably from Old Norse upsardropi; eavesdropper originally ‘a person who listens by the wall (in the eavesdrop)’: the modern verb by back-formation from eavesdropper] |