Spy

Definition

spy /spaÇ / n ၁။ သူလွ်ဳိ။ suspected of being a spy ❍ spy stories ❍ a spy plane/satellite (ie one used for observing the activities of an enemy). ၂။ အေထာက္ေတာ္။ သတင္းေပး။ police spies (ie people employed by the police to watch suspected criminals). Compare MOLE 2 ၂ v ( pt, pp spied ) ၁။ သူလွ်ဳိလုပ္သည္။ She was accused of spying (for the enemy). ၂။ ( fml or joc ) (usu not in the continuous tenses) ျမင္မိသည္။ သတိထားမိသည္။ We spied three figures in the distance. ❍ I spied someone coming up the garden path. ❏ spy on sb/sth [ PHRV ] ေစာင့္ၾကည့္သည္။ spy on the enemy's movements ❍ I'm sure my neighbours spy on me. ❏ spy out the land [ IDM ] အေျခအေန စံုစမ္းသည္။ I got to the restaurant early to spy out the land before she arrived.

Examples

1. A spy story/thriller/novel