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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, n.
   The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, v. i. [Eaves + drop.]
   To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a
   house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence,
   to listen secretly to what is said in private.

         To eavesdrop in disguises.               --Milton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

eavesdrop
     v : listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was
         eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" [syn: {listen
         in}]
     [also: {eavesdropping}, {eavesdropped}]