1832, "to go around in a prying manner," American English, probably from Dutch snoepen "to pry," also "eat in secret, eat sweets, sneak," probably related to snappen "to bite, snatch" (see snap (v.)). Specific meaning "to pry into other people's business" is attested from 1921. Related: Snooped; snooping.
snoop (n.)
1891, "act of snooping," from snoop (v.). Meaning "one who snoops" is from 1929; meaning "detective" is from 1942. snooper "one who pries or peeps" is from 1889.
实用例句
1. Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.
有些政府窥探无辜公民的生活——这一事实已经众所周知。来自柯林斯例句
2. Don't snoop into my affairs!
别刺探我的事情!来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The second house that Grossman had a snoop around contained "strong simple furniture".
格罗斯曼打探过的第二座房子有着“结实而简单的家具”.来自柯林斯例句
4. I've just had a snoop round.
我刚才侦察了一番.来自辞典例句
5. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files.
