| 词汇 | curtain-twitcher |
| 释义 | curtain twitcher noun[ C ] UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈkɜː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ər/ us /ˈkɝː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ɚ/ someone who is very interested in what their neighbours(= people who live near them) are doing and tries to find out by looking out of the window without being seen: 爱打听、刺探邻里间生活和隐私的人 We seem to be a nation of curtain twitchers.我们好像是个爱刺探邻居隐私的国家。 The aim is to encourage a new generation of curtain twitchers to watch over neighbours' property and cars. Is it the curtain-twitcher in all of us that makes reality TV so popular? These neighbourhood chat apps are a gift to curtain-twitchers. Curtain twitchers may be annoying but at least you know if your house gets broken into they'll be straight on the phone to the police. Curiosity curiosity curiosity killed the catidiom curious curious about something curiously inquisitive inquisitively inquisitiveness inquisitorial meddlesome nosy parker out of curiosity peeper prurience pruriency quizzically satisfy someone's curiosity stick your nose into somethingidiom stick your snoot in/into (something)idiom thirsty |
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