informal <非正式>
no obj.
- investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs窥探, 打探（某事, 尤指隐私）：
your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about
如果你姐姐四处打探一下, 也许会找到戒指
as adj. snooping snooping neighbours.爱窥探别人隐私的邻居。
in sing.
1- an act of looking around in such a way打探：
I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop.
我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。
1.1
- a person who investigates in such a way; a detective打探者; 侦探。
派生词
snooper
nounsnoopy
adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: from Dutch snæpen 'eat on the sly'.