spy 뜻

[spaɪ]

[-aɪ]

뜻스파이

Definition of spy in English Dictionary

명사 (Noun)PLspies
1. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
  1. Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
동사 (Verb)SGspiesPRspyingPT, PPspied
1. VI To act as a spy.
  1. During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon.
더 많은 예제
1. 문장 중간에 사용됨
  - Coldly perusing his surveillance cameras one day, Mr. Burns spies nothing but grotesque misconduct: Instead of working, his employees engage in limbo contests, chess games, and, of course, cockfights.
  - But he's _comparatively_ much better then[sic] the rest of the agents out there (which says a lot about the spy community in the Bondverse).
  - 2004: Spies were sent to test the Moriori’s mettle by violating tapu & despoiling holy sites. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
2. 문장의 끝에서 사용
  - Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies.