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.
双语例句
1. The one thousand pound bomb was triggered by a wire.
那颗重达1,000磅的炸弹是由一根导线引爆的。
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2. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
我把通到他办公室的电话线拔掉了。
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3. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
一个小青年正在车里试图用电线短路的方法发动汽车。
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4. She learned to wire and plumb the house herself.
她学会了自己给房子拉接电线、敷设水管。
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5. They arranged to wire the money from the United States.
