wiretap

英 [ˈwaɪətæp]

美 [ˈwaɪərtæp]

n.  窃听；窃听装置
v.  （搭线）窃听; 搭线窃听；窃听或偷录
adj.  窃听的；窃听得到的

复数：wiretaps　现在分词：wiretapping　过去式：wiretapped　第三人称单数：wiretaps　过去分词：wiretapped　

GRE

COCA.18310

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搭线窃听(电话)
  If someonewiretapsyour telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations.
  1. The coach said his club had wiretapped the hotel room of a player during a road trip.
     教练说他的俱乐部曾经窃听了一名开车旅行的运动员所住宾馆房间的电话。
  2. Wiretapis also a noun.
     
  3. ...tapes of telephone conversations that can have been obtained only by illegal wiretaps.
     只有通过非法搭线窃听才能获得的电话通话录音带

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 tap

英英释义

noun

• the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
  Synonym:tap

verb

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
  1. The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
  2. Is this hotel room bugged?
  Synonym:tapinterceptbug

双语例句