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curtain twitcher
noun[ C ]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈkɜː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ər/ us /ˈkɝː.tən ˌtwɪtʃ.ɚ/
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: 爱打听、刺探邻里间生活和隐私的人
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。
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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curious about something
curiously
inquisitive
inquisitively
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inquisitorial
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nosy parker
out of curiosity
peeper
prurience
pruriency
quizzically
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stick your nose into somethingidiom
stick your snoot in/into (something)idiom
thirsty
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