| 单词 | eavesdropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈeavesdropping ˈeavesdropping n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > secret listening eavesdropping1601 the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > listening secretly eavesdropping1601 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > listening > eavesdropping eavesdropping1601 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [adjective] > listening > eavesdropping eavesdropping1601 1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. H Your close ease-dropping pollicies Haue hindred him of greater benefits. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 9 To stand to the courtesy of a night-walking cudgeller for eaves dropping. 1672–3 Roxburghe Ballads (1887) vi. 440 Where they need fear No..eves-dropping ear. 1704 Gentleman Instructed (1732) 181 Soldiers..may be as guilty of thefts as eve-droppers or cut-purses. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. iii A beggarly, strolling, eavesdropping ensign. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania 473 Eavesdropping consists in privily listening. a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iii, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 180 An eaves-dropping menial. < as lemmas |
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