Spy

(noun.) (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.

(noun.) a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; 'my spies tell me that you had a good time last night'.

(verb.) secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; 'spy for the Russians'.

(verb.) watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

(verb.) catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; 'he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge'.

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• The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• With this you may discover the spy among you, he said. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Unseen by the spy, Mr. Cruncher stood at his side, and touched him on the shoulder like a ghostly bailiff. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Asks his mother to become, with him, a spy upon his father's transactions through a lifetime! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• You need have good cards, sir, said the spy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Sheep was a cant word of the time for a spy, under the gaolers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Old Bailey spy, returned his informant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The thern spies were not in the palace of John Carter for nothing, said Kantos Kan to me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Of all that mighty host, none but the two faithful spies ever lived to set their feet in the Promised Land. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Spies and thieves! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Then he had what was left of it carried to his own house; but even here spies swarmed to try to learn something of his secret. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• If a gentleman was the victim of spies, intruders, and informers (but still naming no names), that was his own pleasure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Spies are hovering about in every direction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Even spies could not get near him, on account of the undergrowth and overflowed lands. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If we are to be prying and spying into all the dismals of life, we should have no heart to anything. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Shirley flashed him back full payment for his spying gaze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had spoken all in a low whisper, evidently fearing spying ears even here, and so I answered him in the same subdued tone. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• At last she gave up her spying attitude, closed the telescope, and turned to the decaying embers. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Spying, informing, constant investigations of everybody and everything must become the rule where there is a forcible attempt to moralize society from the top. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Caught you spying, did I? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Shouting in alarm, the four took to their heels, and then the black spied Tarzan. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The latter quickly spied out the magnificence of the brocade of Becky's train, and the splendour of the lace on her dress. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• One of them spied me, and gave notice to the rest; five of them advanced toward me, leaving the women and children at the fire. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• So it was that he spied Tarzan as the boy emerged from the clawing, pushing throng with that hairy forearm hugged firmly to his body. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I spied it at once, amidst all the rest; the handwriting was not strange; it attracted me directly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Presently one of the crew spied the approaching Claytons, and with a cry of: Here's two more for the fishes, rushed toward them with uplifted ax. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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