spy

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n. 间谍, 侦探, 侦察 vt. 侦察, 找出, 发现 vi. 做密探, 侦查

发音

US /spaɪ/

词形变化

spies 复数 spies spide spied spies 三单 spiest spieth spying spying 现在分词 spied 过去式 spied 过去分词

别名

spie spye

教材释义与例句

名词

间谍；密探

someone whose job is to find out secret information about another country, organization, or group

动词

侦察；发现；暗中监视

to suddenly see someone or something, especially after searching for them

动词

侦察；当间谍

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

    间谍

  2. 2.

    A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.

    体育 游戏
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To act as a spy.

    暗中侦察

    不及物

    During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.

  2. 2.

    To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.

    及物

    I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here.

  3. 3.

    To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

witness operative viewer watcher spectator looker intelligence officer secret agent

下位词 10

shadow tail mole snoop sleeper snooper counterspy double agent foreign agent infiltrator
动词

同义词 7

spot sight snoop stag sleuth descry espy

上位词 8

sight monitor investigate comprehend perceive inquire supervise enquire

下位词 8

find notice spot discover observe detect descry espy

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”). The noun displaced native Old English sċēawere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English sċēawian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show. Distant cognate vie PIE with Latin speculātor, Ancient Greek κατάσκοπος (katáskopos). Compare typologically Russian согляда́тай (sogljadátaj) (akin to гляде́ть (gljadétʹ)).

来源：wiktionary