English Dictionary

espy

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˈspaɪ/

動詞

他動詞 古語 語釈なし 自動詞 廃用

To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.

日本語の意味

（特に見つけにくいものを）見つけ出す、発見する / （遠くからや注意深く見て）目撃する、見かける

From the hilltop, I could espy the tiny fishing village nestled in the cove.

丘の上から、入り江にひっそりと佇む小さな漁村を目にすることができた。

意味（1）

To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.

to espy land to espy a man in a crowd

意味（2）

To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly.

[…] I chaunced to eſpie thys foraſyde Peter talkynge wyth a certeyne ſtraunger a man well ſtryken in age wyth a blake sonne burned face, a longe bearde and a cloke catſe homely about hys ſhoulders, whom by hys fauour & apparrel forthwythe I iudged to be a maryner.

意味（3）

(obsolete); (intransitive, archaic) To observe as a spy, to spy; also, to examine or observe carefully; or to look out or watch.

O inhabitant of Aroer, ſtand by the way, and eſpie; aſke him that fleeth, and her that eſcapeth, and ſay, VVhat is done?

espies （ present singular third-person ）

espying （ participle present ）

espied （ participle past ）

espied （ past ）

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en-conj-simple （ inflection-template ）

espy （ infinitive ）