snoop [snu:p] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition informal disapproving ■to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about someone or something 窥探,打探•People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.侦探人员被派出打听竞争对手的情况。 •She's the sort of person you can imagine snooping about/around your room when you're not there.她是那种会趁你不在而偷进你房间的人。 ■to try to find out about other people's private lives (对别人的私生活)窥探•I don't mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?我不是想打探你的私生活,是不是出了甚么事? •Clara's husband is snooping on her because he thinks she is seeing another man.克拉拉的丈夫正在打探她的私生活,因为他认为她在跟另外一个男人交往。 [snu:p] noun only singular informal ■the act of snooping 窥探,打探•I think someone's been having a snoop around my office - I didn't leave that drawer open.我觉得有人偷偷溜进过我的办公室——我走时那个抽屉不是开着的。 countable informal disapproving (also snooper) ■someone who snoops 窥探者,打探者; 爱管闲事的人•He's such a snoop - he's always going through my mail.他真是窥探成癖——总是偷看我的信件。 •Most journalists are snoopers by nature.大多数记者天生就爱打探他人隐私。 |