核心畫面

You can picture someone standing outside in the dark, looking in through a window. The people inside do not know and have not agreed; the is safe, stays outside, and takes something from looking. Both meanings of the word keep that same figure at the window — what changes is what is going on inside.

可以想成一個人站在外面的暗處,透過窗子往裡看。裡面的人不知道,也沒有答應。看的人自己是安全的,就待在外面,而且從「看更多收起可以想成一個人站在外面的暗處,透過窗子往裡看。裡面的人不知道,也沒有答應。看的人自己是安全的,就待在外面,而且從「看」這件事裡拿到了什麼。這個字的兩個意思,都留著窗邊那個人影。會變的只有一件事:窗子裡面正在發生什麼。

From the word’s history

Borrowed from French voyeur, from voir 'to see' — literally 'one who looks'. English keeps the 'looking' and adds the secrecy through use.

borrowed 自法文 voyeur,來自 voir(看),字面就是「看的人」。「偷偷地」這一層不在字面裡,是英文在使用中把它加上去的。

Wiktionary entry for voyeur (packet etymology_text: 'Borrowed from French voyeur, from voir ("to see").')

One branch

在窗外看的人

兩個意思共用窗邊那個人影,差別只在窗子裡面是什麼。

noun · C1

Someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching other people at private, sexual moments.

偷窺者