snoop
意味
- うろうろのぞき回る
- のぞき回る人
例文
Watch out! A police spy is snooping around.
気をつけて。警察の犬がかぎ回ってる。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”) or maybe Old Norse snópa (“to idle about dismally”), or (“to use a blood found”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.