espy
/ɪˈspaɪ/verb
-ies, -ied
with obj. poetic/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。
词源
Middle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan. Compare with SPY.