stickybeak

n. 爱管闲事

发音

UK /ˈstɪkibiːk/
AU

词形变化

stickybeaks 复数 stickybeaks stickybeaked stickybeaking stickybeaks 三单 stickybeaking 现在分词 stickybeaked 过去式 stickybeaked 过去分词

别名

sticky beak sticky-beak

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.

    非正式

    1999, Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection, 2012, Text Publishing, unnumbered page, And I like a chat, kind of thing. She glanced at Harley. Plus I′m a stickybeak, as you know.

  2. 2.

    An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.

    非正式

    Want me to have a stickybeak at that?

    Shall we take a stickybeak at that shop?

    2009, Australia Justine Vaisutis, Lonely Planet, page 239, It′s worth popping into the bar for a stickybeak.

    When I patted the pockets of them shorts there wasn't any phone. "It's in here on the table," said the Irishman. "And you had a good stickybeak I bet."

v.
  1. 1.

    To pry or snoop.

    不及物

    2007, Harry Hill, He Was My Father, Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, page 124, When my father had shorn for the Lindleys, I had spent a day at the shed, stickybeaking at everything but making sure I didn′t upset shed activities.

词源

From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy).

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