a peeping tom (as subject/object)
The neighbors suspected a peeping tom was watching them.
邻居们怀疑有一个偷窥狂在监视他们。
偷窥狂;偷窥者
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偷窥狂;偷窥者
A person who secretly watches others without their knowledge, especially for sexual pleasure.
The neighbors suspected a peeping tom was watching them.
邻居们怀疑有一个偷窥狂在监视他们。
偷窥者,尤指为获取性快感而偷窥他人的人。
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.
The police arrested a man who had been acting as a peeping tom in the neighborhood.
警方逮捕了一名在社区里充当偷窥狂的男子。
She reported a peeping tom to the security guard after seeing someone outside her window.
她看到有人在她窗外后,向保安报告了一名偷窥者。
Residents were warned about a peeping tom lurking near the apartment complex.
居民们被警告有一名偷窥狂在公寓楼附近出没。
The neighbors suspected a peeping tom was watching them.
邻居们怀疑有一个偷窥狂在监视他们。
常用于被动或表语结构。
He was discovered to be a peeping tom.
他被发现是个偷窥狂。
The woman called the stranger a peeping tom.
那个女人称那个陌生人为偷窥狂。
Not this
He peeping toms all the time.
Use this
He is a peeping tom all the time.
“peeping tom”是名词短语,不能直接用作动词。正确的用法是使用系动词“is a peeping tom”来表示身份。
Not this
He is a peeping.
Use this
He is a peeping tom.
“peeping”是动名词,不能单独表示“偷窥者”,必须加上“tom”才能构成完整的名词短语。
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常与be a peeping tom连用,表示‘是偷窥者’
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