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Espy V French Is'pai V.(从远处等)突然看到 英 从远处等)突然看到 Catch

单词 espy
音标 [is'pai]
解释 v.(从远处等)突然看到
红宝书 【英】 v. (从远处等)突然看到( to catch sight of; spy; descry)
【例】 One day he espied a footprint in the sand.
字源 espy (v.)
early 13c., aspy, from Old French espier (12c., Modern French épier), from Vulgar Latin *spiare, from a Germanic source (compare Old High German spehon "to spy;" see spy (v.)). Related: Espied. For initial e-, see e-.
不择手段背单词 v. 看到(远处、模糊或掩蔽之物) = descry
【根】spy看(n 间谍)
趣味全助记 【记】spy 是窥探

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