snoop

詮索する、嗅ぎ回る

人の私生活や持ち物について、こっそり情報を探る。

やさしい英語で： To secretly look for information about someone's private life or belongings.

• Stop snooping in my room.
• She snooped through his phone while he slept.
• Were you snooping on your neighbours again?

使い方： snoop on someone (My neighbour keeps snooping on us.); snoop through something (He snooped through her private letters.)

類義語： pry, spy, nose around

よく使う表現： snoop around, snoop on someone, snoop through something

こそこそ動く

誰にも気づかれないように、こっそり動いたり行動したりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or behave in a sneaky way so that nobody notices you.

• He snooped past the guards unseen.
• They snooped around in the dark to avoid being noticed.
• She snooped through the corridor, keeping close to the shadows.

類義語： sneak, skulk

よく使う表現： snoop around, snoop past someone

詮索好きな人

他人の私生活や持ち物をこっそり調べようとする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who secretly tries to find out about other people's private lives or belongings.

• Our neighbour is a snoop.
• Don't let that snoop near your private papers.
• The office snoops soon discovered who was leaving.

類義語： busybody, prying person

よく使う表現： a nosy snoop, a little snoop, an office snoop

詮索

周囲をこっそり見回したり、人の私物を調べたりすること。

やさしい英語で： An occasion when you secretly look around or examine someone's private things.

• I had a quick snoop around.
• A snoop through his drawers revealed the missing keys.
• She went for a snoop while everyone was outside.

類義語： look around, nose around

よく使う表現： have a snoop, a quick snoop, a snoop around

私立探偵

報酬を受けて、人や事件をひそかに調査する人。

やさしい英語で： A person paid to secretly investigate people or events.

• She hired a snoop.
• The snoop followed her husband for three days.
• Two private snoops gathered evidence for the client.

類義語： private detective, private investigator

よく使う表現： hire a snoop, a private snoop, a professional snoop