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单词 peephole
释义

peep1 /pēp/

intransitive verb
  1. To look through a narrow opening
  2. To look out from concealment
  3. To look slyly, surreptitiously, or cautiously
  4. To be just showing
  5. To begin to appear
transitive verb
  1. To cause to project slightly from concealment
  2. To direct as if to view
noun
  1. A sly or cautious look
  2. A beginning to appear
  3. A speck of light or flame
  4. A glimpse
  5. A slit
  6. An eye (slang)
ORIGIN: Origin obscure

peepˈer noun

  1. Someone who peeps
  2. A prying person
  3. The eye (informal)
  4. Any of various types of glass or lens (slang)

peepˈhole noun

A hole through which one may look without being seen

peeping Tom noun

  1. A man who furtively spies on other people, esp one who peeps in at windows
  2. A voyeur

Peep-o'-day Boys plural noun

An Ulster Protestant society (1780–95) opposed to the Catholic Defenders

peep of day noun

The first appearance of light in the morning

peepˈshow noun

A small entertainment, film or series of pictures, esp of erotic or pornographic nature, viewed through a small hole, usu fitted with a magnifying glass

peep sight noun

A backsight with a small hole

peepˈ-through adjective

Capable of being seen through

peepˈ-toe noun

A shoe cut away so as to show the toe (also adjective)

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