spy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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).
    — The dead leap at the throat, destroy The meaning of the day; dark forms Have scaled your walls, and spies betray Old secrets to amorphous swarms.
  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.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a spy. intransitive
    — During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.
  2. To spot; to catch sight of; to espy. transitive
    — I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here.
  3. To search narrowly; to scrutinize. intransitive
    — (As I confeſſe it is my Natures plague / To ſpy into Abuſes, and of my iealouſie / Shapes faults that are not)
  4. To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country. transitive

词形变化

spies plural spies present,singular,third-person spying participle,present spied participle,past spied past

词汇关系

近义词
espial espy ghost intelligencer secret agent spook spy undie
上位词
intelligence asset person
下位词
counterspy double agent honeypot informant mole molehunter pavement artist sleeper agent triple agent wheel artist wiretapper
衍生词
antispy bespy co-spy cyberspy Eurospy spyboat spybot spycam spycatcher spycatching spy cop spycore spycraft spydom spy dust spyess spy-fi Spygate spyhole spy-hop spy-hopping spyism spyless spylike spymaster spymistress spy money spyplane spyproof spy ring spy satellite spyship spywork superspy counterspy hi-spy-hi I spy I spy with my little eye outspy spier spyhop spy on spy out unspied
相关词
spyglass spyware

词源

词源 1
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)).
词源 2
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)).
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