peeping tom

短语

偷窥者

发音

US

词形变化

peeping toms 复数 peeping toms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

    偷窥者

    偷窥狂

    "They claim that the security is good at UM, but we had five break-ins into student dorms and numerous reports of peeping Toms in the women's dorm bathrooms."

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

voyeur peeper

上位词 5

witness viewer watcher spectator looker

词源

From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.

来源：wiktionary