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单词 eavesdrop
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eaves·drop

verb
/ˈiːvzdrɒp/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːp/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they eavesdrop
/ˈiːvzdrɒp/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːp/
he / she / it eavesdrops
/ˈiːvzdrɒps/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːps/
past simple eavesdropped
/ˈiːvzdrɒpt/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːpt/
past participle eavesdropped
/ˈiːvzdrɒpt/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːpt/
-ing form eavesdropping
/ˈiːvzdrɒpɪŋ/
/ˈiːvzdrɑːpɪŋ/
  1. eavesdrop (on somebody/something) to listen secretly to what other people are saying偷听,窃听(其他人谈话)
    • We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: 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’.
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