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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