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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
spy
spy UK US [spaɪ] noun countable [ spies ] <A > a person who secretly collects and reports information about the activities of another country or organization Thesaurus+: ↑Spying and espionage • His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy. • The organization had been penetrated by a spy. • In the film, he plays a spy whose mission is to confirm the verity of a secret military document. • The British spy, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union in 1963. • a spy network verb FIND SECRETS 1. intransitive to secretly collect and report information about the activities of another country or organization • He was arrested for spying on missile sites. Thesaurus+: ↑Spying and espionage 2. spy out informal to get knowledge secretly, especially of a place • I generally like to spy out restaurants before I go to eat in them. Thesaurus+: ↑Spying and espionage SEE 3. transitive old-fashioned or humorous to see or notice someone or something usually when it involves looking hard • I think I've just spied Andrew in the crowd. Thesaurus+: ↑Using the eyes ↑Eyesight, glasses and lenses ↑The eye and surrounding area ↑Perceptive Idiom: spy out the land Phrasal Verb: spy on somebody
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