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  1. earwig

    • IPA[ˈirˌwiɡ]

    美式

    • n.
      a small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers. The females typically care for their eggs and young until they are grown.
    • v.
      secretly listen to a conversation;influence (someone) by secret means
    • verb: earwig, 3rd person present: earwigs, gerund or present participle: earwigging, past tense: earwigged, past participle: earwigged

    • noun: earwig, plural noun: earwigs

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers. The females typically care for their eggs and young until they are grown.

    動詞

    • 1. secretly listen to a conversation he looked behind him to see if anyone was earwigging
    • influence (someone) by secret means he was so sure to be earwigged in private that what he heard or said openly went for little
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    • IPA[ˈɪəwɪɡ]

    英式

    • n.
      a small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers.
    • v.
      secretly listen to a conversation: he looked behind him to see if anyone was earwigging

    Oxford Dictionary