Word · Frequency #22708
snoop
爱管闲事的人；私家侦探
a person who pries into others' private affairs without being asked
指人，不指窥视行为
- 1.
The act of snooping.
窥探的行为；打听。
- 2.
One who snoops.
窥探者；打听者。
- 3.
A private detective.
私家侦探。
窥探的行为；打听。；窥探者；打听者。；私家侦探。；窥视行为；爱管闲事的人
In use
My neighbor is such a snoop; she always peeks through the curtains to see who is visiting us.
The new intern turned out to be a snoop, reading emails that were not addressed to her.
Don't be such a snoop — why are you asking about my salary?
snoop around + place
snoop 作动词时是不及物动词，接地点时用 snoop around，后面不直接跟宾语。
The neighbors were snooping around our yard.
邻居们在我们院子里四处窥探。
snoop on sb/sth
snoop on 后接被窥探的人或事物；动词变化为 snoop – snoops – snooped – snooping。
She snooped on her colleague's emails.
她偷偷查看了同事的电子邮件。
have a snoop (around)
snoop 作名词时，常与 have 搭配表示“窥探一番”，多见于口语。
Connections
Collocations
- snoop around
- 四处窥探；到处打听
- The reporter snooped around the neighborhood for information.记者在社区四处打听消息。
- snoop into
- 窥探；过问
- He doesn't like people snooping into his personal life.他不喜欢别人窥探他的私生活。
- snoop on
- 监视；窥探
- The detective snooped on the suspect for days.侦探监视嫌疑人好几天了。
- snoop through
- 翻看；乱翻
- She snooped through his drawers while he was away.他不在时，她翻看了他的抽屉。
- a snoop
- 爱管闲事的人
- My neighbor is a snoop who always watches us from the window.我的邻居是个爱管闲事的人，总是从窗户看着我们。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想snoop≈sniff(嗅)+loop(圈)：像狗绕着圈嗅探，暗中窥探别人隐私。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：gossip about neighbors、detective fiction、casual conversation 作为名词时，snoop 通常指爱管闲事的人，也可非正式地指私家侦探。该词多用于日常口语和非正式场合，常带贬义或戏谑色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 snoop (/snuːp/) 押韵，韵尾为 /uːp/，拼写中都有 -oop。注意拼写相近的 snoot (/snuːt/) 和 snooze (/snuːz/) 并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.