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单词 eavesdrop
释义 eavesdrop
 —eavesdropper,  n.  
 /eevz"drop'/,  v.  , eavesdropped, eavesdropping,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  v.t.  
  2.  Archaic.   to eavesdrop on.
  n.   Also, eavesdrip /eevz"drip'/.
  3. water that drips from the eaves.
  4. the ground on which such water falls.
 [bef. 900; (n.) ME evesdrope, evesdripe, OE yfesdrype; as v., prob. back formation from eavesdropper, late ME evisdroppyr, appar. lit., one who stands on the eavesdrop in order to listen to conversations inside the house; see EAVE, DROP, DRIP]
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