curtain twitcher
noun[C]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk/ˈkɜː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ər/us/ˈkɝː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ɚ/someone who is veryinterestedin whattheirneighbours(=peoplewholivenear them)are doing andtriestofindout bylookingout of thewindowwithout beingseen:
爱打听、刺探邻里间生活和隐私的人Weseemto be anationofcurtaintwitchers.我们好像是个爱刺探邻居隐私的国家。
- Theaimis toencouragea newgenerationofcurtaintwitcherstowatchoverneighbours'propertyandcars.
- Is it the curtain-twitcher in all of us that makesrealityTV sopopular?
- Theseneighbourhoodchatappsare agiftto curtain-twitchers.
- Curtaintwitchersmay beannoyingbut at least youknowifyourhousegetsbrokeninto they'll bestraighton thephoneto thepolice.
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the catidiom
- curious
- curiously
- curtain twitching
- inquisitive
- inquisitively
- inquisitiveness
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nosy
- nosy parker
- peeper
- prurience
- prurient
- quizzically
- snoot
- stickyournose intosomethingidiom
- stickyoursnoot in/into (something)idiom
- thirsty