eavesdropping

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈivsˌdɹɒ.piŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. verbal noun of eavesdrop:; Listening secretly to the private conversations of others. countable,uncountable
    — The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.
  2. verbal noun of eavesdrop:; The interception of electronic communication. countable,uncountable
  3. verbal noun of eavesdrop:; The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of eavesdrop form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

eavesdroppings plural

词汇关系

近义词
tabhanging
衍生词
anti-eavesdropping eavesdroppingly

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English eavesdrop
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English eavesdropping
From eavesdrop + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English eavesdrop
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English eavesdropping
From eavesdrop + -ing.
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