eavesdropper

/eevz-drop/US // ˈivzˌdrɒp //UK // (ˈiːvzˌdrɒp) //

窃听者,偷听者,监听者,窃听人员

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping.
- : to listen secretly to a private conversation.

v.有主动词 verb

n.名词 noun

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Also eaves·drip [eevz-drip]. /ˈivzˌdrɪp/.
- : water that drips from the eaves.
- : the ground on which such water falls.

nounlistener

Synonyms

Have you ever wondered about what life is like for a professional U.S. government eavesdropper?
But the eavesdropper heard with full appreciation the richness of the low voice and could not wonder at Bob's delight in it.
At this juncture the couple turned their backs upon the eavesdropper, who had stolen to within a few paces of them.
I was an eavesdropper entirely by accident, but what I heard might help some.
Let him play eavesdropper if he finds it consistent with his character as a gentleman.
That he had unwittingly played eavesdropper troubled him not a little.