also wiretapping, "surreptitiously obtaining information by connecting wires to telegraph (later telephone) lines and establishing an intermediate station between two legitimate ones," 1878, from wire (n.) + agent noun from tap (v.2). Earliest references often are to activity during the American Civil War, but the phrase does not seem to have been used at that time. Related: Wire-tap; wire-tapper.
雙語例句
1. The one thousand pound bomb was triggered by a wire.
那顆重達1,000磅的炸彈是由一根導線引爆的。
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2. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
我把通到他辦公室的電話線拔掉了。
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3. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
一個小青年正在車里試圖用電線短路的方法發(fā)動汽車。
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4. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
她學會了自己給房子拉接電線、敷設水管。
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5. They arranged to wire the money from the United States.