peekaboo
/peek-uh-boo/US // ˈpik əˌbu //UK // (ˈpiːkəˌbuː) //
偷窥狂,窥探者,偷窥者,窥视者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : Also called bo-peep. a game played by or with very young children, typically in which one covers the face or hides and then suddenly uncovers the face or reappears, calling “Peekaboo!”
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Clothing. decorated with openwork.made of a sheer and revealing material, as some blouses for women.
- : appearing briefly and then vanishing, or promising to appear but failing to do so: the fluctuating response of the stock market to a peekaboo economic recovery.
Examples
We play peekaboo with the toddler in the seat ahead of us, and we close our eyes and rest, feeling safe and secure enough to dream among strangers.
These images of schoolgirl skirts and peekaboo buttock outlines are just the most open, unapologetic manifestation of that.
If you wore a peekaboo waist she couldn't see through you any easier.
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