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词汇 peephole
释义 peephole
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpiːp.həʊl/ us /ˈpiːp.hoʊl/(UK alsospyhole)
a small hole in a door or a wall through which you can look, especially without being seen: (门或墙上的)窥视孔;猫眼
I have a security peephole in my front door.我家前门上有个防盗窥视孔。
Synonym
eyehole
 
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peephole | American Dictionary


peephole
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpipˌhoʊl/
a small hole in a door or a wall through which you can see to the other side

Examples of peephole


peephole
The two peepholes assert the viewer is looking with both eyes, making the optical experience similar to looking into the illusory space of a stereoscope.
They are narrow cells with little peepholes in the doors, and the inmates are required to slop them out each morning.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Some stores have one-way mirrors to spy for the light-fingered and sometimes to catch the careless; there are the peepholes through the doors.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Towers have limited access, contain few windows and many have narrow slots or peepholes placed in the walls.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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