/ˈɪəˌwɪɡ/(earwigs,earwigging,earwigged)🄰 vi.
偷听
Try to look as if you're not earwigging.想办法让你自己显得不像是在偷听。
🄱 vt.
1.(eavesdrop on)偷听
Perhaps MI5 are earwigging our phone conversations.或许军情五处正在窃听我们的电话交谈。
The man on the next table was obviously earwigging us.旁边桌上那人明显在偷听我们。
2.<古>(influence secretly)私下怂恿；暗中挑拨
One of the claimants was alleged to have tried to earwig the judge.据称原告中的某人设法在暗中挑拨法官。