| 单词 |
espier |
| 释义 |
espier|ɪˈspaɪə(r)| Forms: 4 aspier, 4–5 espi-, espyour, 6– espier. [f. espy v. + -er1.] One who espies or spies out; † a spy.
1382Wyclif Hebr. xi. 31 She [Raab] takynge, or receyuynge, the aspiers with pees. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xii. (1869) 79 A cherl, shrewede, prowd, and daungerous..hath maad him an espyour of weyes. 1587J. Harmar tr. Beza's Serm. 175 (T.) Ye crafty espiers of the necessity of your poor brethren. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 58 Ephraim..would himself be a seer, an espier of future events. 1886Burton Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.) I. 146 Not an inhabited house appeared to the espier. |

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