investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs
窥探,打探(某事,尤指隐私)
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your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about 如果你姐姐四处打探一下,也许会找到戒指
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[as adj.
snooping ]snooping neighbours .爱窥探别人隐私的邻居。
an act of looking around in such a way
打探
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I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop .我可以回到她居住的村舍里再打探一次。
a person who investigates in such a way; a detective
打探者;侦探。
"mid 19th cent.: from Dutch