stickybeak

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɪkibiːk/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker. Commonwealth,colloquial
    — I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry.
  2. An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking. Commonwealth,colloquial
    — Want me to have a stickybeak at that?
动词 v.
  1. To pry or snoop. Commonwealth,intransitive
    — Two of the more arrogant birds actually inspected the inside of the tent, clucking away to each other as they stickybeaked.

词形变化

stickybeaks plural stickybeaks present,singular,third-person stickybeaking participle,present stickybeaked participle,past stickybeaked past

词源

词源 1
From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).
词源 2
From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).
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