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
I think it's about time we got going.
我想差不多是告辞的时候了。
Good. Let's go to the office.
好的，我们去办公室吧。
You see, on the morning of the murder, the 8 o'clock train did not run at all.
您看，在凶杀发生的那天早晨，8点钟的那次车根本没有发。