Wire-tapping
n. 窃听电话
📖 牛津释义
wire-tapping
n [U] practice of listening to other people's telephone conversations by making a secret connection to the telephone line （用秘密接线方法）窃听电话.
🧩 词语组成解析
wire
['waɪɚ]
n. 金属丝;电线;电报;（木偶的）牵线，操纵绳，背后操纵的势力，秘密引线，秘密策略;
vi. 拍电报;
vt. 拍电报;给…装电线;
n. 轻敲声, 开孔, 导出液体, 放腹水, 分支, 抽头, 分流, 缠绝缘带, 出钢, 出渣\\n[化] 放液; 割浆; 割胶; 采脂; 采割松脂
🗣️ 情景例句
Take the time, Susan.
别那么忙， Susan。
I ought to do it again.
我应该再做一次。
At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk.
在洛杉矶的一个特设的游泳池里，孩子们甚至在还没有学会走路时就已经能熟练地在水下屏住呼吸了。