单词 | spying-place |
释义 | > as lemmasspying-place b. attributive, as spying-hole, spying-mission, spying-place, spying-point. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through oillet1333 loop1393 sight-hole1559 tote-hole1561 peepholea1570 loophole1591 eyehole1655 grille1686 slit17.. eyelet1762 eyelet hole1774 spying-hole1791 eye-loop1803 squint1839 hagioscope1840 Judas hole1858 peek-hole1867 oillet pane1873 spy-hole1888 squint1891 viewport1942 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > place for spying spying-point1922 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 97 A thin partition..with blinded spying-holes running in the line level with the Inspector's eye. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 448 Confident..that there was no truth in the spying mission attributed to Conseil. 1894 S. J. Weyman Man in Black 79 The closet was a spying-place, and these were Judas-holes. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 247 What is it?..—Find out, Miss Douce retorted, leaving her spyingpoint. < as lemmas |
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