eavesdropping

eaves·drop

E0020300 (ēvz′drŏp′)intr.v. eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping, eaves·drops 1. To listen secretly to the private conversation of others.2. To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of email or cell phone calls.

[Probably back-formation from eavesdropper, one who eavesdrops, from Middle English evesdropper, from evesdrop, place where water falls from the eaves, from Old English yfesdrype; see upo in Indo-European roots.]

eaves′drop′per n.

Translations

eavesdropping

Secretly gaining unauthorized access to confidential communications. Examples include listening to radio transmissions or using laser interferometers to reconstitute conversations by reflecting laser beams off windows that are vibrating in synchrony to the sound in the room. See wiretapping.

Eavesdropping

See also Curiosity, Voyeurism.Andreteavesdrops through keyhole on Tristan and Isolde’s conversation. [Arthurian Legend: Walsh Classical, 22]Poloniuslurking behind arras, he is killed accidentally by Hamlet. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet]Pry, Paulinquisitive, meddlesome character who “eavesdrops on everyone.” [Br. Drama: Paul Pry, Payton, 514]Rumpelstiltskinhis name overheard by queen’s messenger, allowing spell to be broken. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 19]

单词	eavesdropping
释义	eavesdropping eaves·drop E0020300 (ēvz′drŏp′)intr.v. eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping, eaves·drops 1. To listen secretly to the private conversation of others.2. To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of email or cell phone calls. [Probably back-formation from eavesdropper, one who eavesdrops, from Middle English evesdropper, from evesdrop, place where water falls from the eaves, from Old English yfesdrype; see upo in Indo-European roots.] eaves′drop′per n. Translations eavesdropping eavesdropping Secretly gaining unauthorized access to confidential communications. Examples include listening to radio transmissions or using laser interferometers to reconstitute conversations by reflecting laser beams off windows that are vibrating in synchrony to the sound in the room. See wiretapping. Eavesdropping See also Curiosity, Voyeurism.Andreteavesdrops through keyhole on Tristan and Isolde’s conversation. [Arthurian Legend: Walsh Classical, 22]Poloniuslurking behind arras, he is killed accidentally by Hamlet. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet]Pry, Paulinquisitive, meddlesome character who “eavesdrops on everyone.” [Br. Drama: Paul Pry, Payton, 514]Rumpelstiltskinhis name overheard by queen’s messenger, allowing spell to be broken. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 19] LegalSeeWiretapping
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