释义 |
ˈspyship [f. spy n.] The office or occupation of a spy.
1779Warner in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1814) IV. 43 So, sir, there is an end of my affair and my spyship, for I do not think I can have anything else to say to you about it. 1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. 327 The inconvenient fact of his having received considerable sums..from Government—not for his spyship. 1865Athenæum No. 1956. 554/2 Personal spyship on the part of Jonson. |