espy
verb /ɪˈspaɪ/
/ɪˈspaɪ/
(literary)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they espy | /ɪˈspaɪ/ /ɪˈspaɪ/ |
he / she / it espies | /ɪˈspaɪz/ /ɪˈspaɪz/ |
past simple espied | /ɪˈspaɪd/ /ɪˈspaɪd/ |
past participle espied | /ɪˈspaɪd/ /ɪˈspaɪd/ |
-ing form espying | /ɪˈspaɪɪŋ/ /ɪˈspaɪɪŋ/ |
- espy somebody/something to see somebody/something suddenly
synonym sight (2), spy突然看见 词源Middle English: from Old French espier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch spieden and German spähan. Compare with spy.