curtain twitcher
noun [ C ] UK informal disapproving uk/?k??.t?n ?tw?t?.?r/ us/?k??.t?n ?tw?t?.?/
爱打听、刺探邻里间生活和隐私的人
someone who is very interested in what their neighbours (= people who live near them) are doing and tries to find out by looking out of the window without being seen
We seem to be a nation of curtain twitchers. 我们好像是个爱刺探邻居隐私的国家。
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- The aim is to encourage a new generation of curtain twitchers to watch over neighbours' property and cars.
- Is it the curtain-twitcher in all of us that makes reality TV so popular?
- These neighbourhood chat apps are a gift to curtain-twitchers.
- Curtain twitchers may be annoying but at least you know if your house gets broken into they'll be straight on the phone to the police.
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