curtain twitching
noun[U]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk/ˈkɜː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈkɝː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ɪŋ/theactivityoftryingtofindout whatyourneighboursare doing bylookingout of thewindowwithout beingseen:
打听、刺探邻里间的隐私I can justimaginethecurtaintwitchingwhen theymovedinto thearea.我都能想象他们搬到那个地区时邻居们八卦的样子。
- Thecurtaintwitchingwaskeptto aminimum, butneighboursmaintainedanairofsuspicionwhen shereturnedhomeafter herarrest.
- Thosepronetocurtaintwitchingandliftingthetelephonetocomplainof anyinnocentexhibitionofyouthfulhighspiritswillfeelempoweredby thislegislation.
- This isexactlythesortofsmall-mindedcurtaintwitchingthat really gets on mynerves.
- Suchcurtaintwitchingis all toocommonin thisneighbourhood.
- There's morecurtaintwitchingon TVtonightin Desperate Housewives.
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the catidiom
- curious
- curiously
- curtain twitcher
- inquisitive
- inquisitively
- inquisitiveness
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nosy
- nosy parker
- peeper
- prurience
- prurient
- quizzically
- snoot
- stickyournose intosomethingidiom
- stickyoursnoot in/into (something)idiom
- thirsty