snoop

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 sno͞op

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of snooping.
  2. One who snoops.
    — Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.
  3. A private detective.
    — She hired a snoop to find out if her husband was having an affair.
动词 v.
  1. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  2. To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
    — If I had not snooped on her, I wouldn't have found out that she lied about her degree.
  3. To steal. UK,dated,slang
    — 'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.'

词形变化

snoops present,singular,third-person snooping participle,present snooped participle,past snooped past snoops plural

词汇关系

衍生词
snoopable snoop around snooper antisnoop snoopervision snoopery snoopware snoopy supersnoop

词源

词源 1
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.
词源 2
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.
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