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VERB
窥探;刺探;打探 If someone snoops around a place, they secretly look around it in order to find out things.
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Ricardo was the one she'd seen snooping around Kim's hotel room.
她看见在金的宾馆房间周围窥探的那个人正是里卡多。
- Snoop is also a noun.
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The second house that Grossman had a snoop around contained 'strong simple furniture'.
格罗斯曼打探过的第二座房子有着“结实而简单的家具”。
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St Barth's strange lack of street names is meant to dissuade journalistic snoopers.
圣巴思这个地方非常奇怪，街道居然没有名称，其实这样做就是为了打消记者刺探新闻的念头。
2.
VERB
窥探(某人的生活) If someone snoops on a person, they watch them secretly in order to find out things about their life.
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Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.
有些政府窥探无辜公民的生活——这一事实已经众所周知。
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You bloody snooper! All the time you've been talking to me you've been prying into my family.
你这个包打听的无耻小人！你一直跟我喋喋不休，就是为了刺探我的家庭隐私！
3.
N-COUNT
同 snooper A snoop is the same as a snooper .
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Each neighborhood had its own organization of snoops who reported strangers to the authorities.
每个居民区都有自己的侦探组织，他们向当局汇报陌生人的情况。
- 1. There's a peculiar person snooping around.
- 有个古怪的人在附近窥探。
来自《简明英汉词典》
