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A peephole is a tiny hole you look through, most often in a front door, so you can see who is outside before you open it. Some are just a hole; many doors have a little glass lens, and people still call that a peephole. You also meet the word for a hole in a wall, a fence, or a box when someone wants a quiet look without being seen. It is ordinary household English, a little old-fashioned in speech — some people now say (British) or door viewer. Though actually, you peep through it: the first half is that small, secret look, not the verb peer, which is a longer, harder stare. Formal writing almost never needs the word; spoken English, safety notices, and crime stories do.
貓眼(門上那個小孔);門鏡
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
peepholenoun/ˈpiːphəʊl/
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A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
- It’s a conjurer’s den. — I shouldn’t be surprised if cabby’s old gent is staring at us all the while from some peephole of his own.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。