| 单词 | snoop |
| 释义 | snoop (once / 4464 pages) vn When you snoop, you poke around in someone else's business. A teenager might snoop in her sister's room, looking for her diary. You snoop when you rustle through someone's garbage looking for love letters, and if you spy on your neighbor through the curtains, you also snoop. In fact, if you spend enough time doing this, you'll be called a snoop — a sneaky busybody. The earliest meaning of snoop, "to go around in a prying manner," comes from the Dutch word snoepen, "to pry." WORD FAMILYsnoop: snooped, snooper, snooping, snoops, snoopy+/snooper: snoopers/snoopy: snoopily, snoopiness USAGE EXAMPLESElsewhere, though, data-localisation polices are meant to protect citizens from snooping by foreign powers. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) Snoop Dogg and The Game led a unity march to the Los Angeles Police Headquarters after the killings of Dallas police officers. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Harris was from Long Beach, California, and was a close friend of Snoop Dogg, featuring on his albums, on which he performed skits. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1v watch, observe, or inquire secretly Syn|Hyper sleuth, spy, stag monitor, supervise keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance 2n a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others Syn|Hypo|Hyper snooper eavesdropper a secret listener to private conversations phone tapper, tapper, wiretappersomeone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire spy a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people |
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