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earwig
- IPA[ˈirˌwiɡ]
美式
- 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.
- 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
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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
- a small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers.
- secretly listen to a conversation: he looked behind him to see if anyone was earwigging
Oxford Dictionary