espy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++es·py /ɪˈspaɪ/ verb (espied, espying, espies) [transitive]  literarySEE to suddenly see someone or something 突然看见 SYN spy→ See Verb tableOrigin espy (1300-1400) Old French espier; → SPY2

es·py verbChineseSyllable  

something or someone Corpus to suddenly see

espy
es‧py /ɪˈspaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle espied, present participle espying, third person singular espies) [transitive]literary to suddenly see someone or something
   SYN  spy

espyBrE /eˈspaɪ/ 🔊NAmE /eˈspaɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they espy BrE /eˈspaɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /eˈspaɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it espies BrE /eˈspaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /eˈspaɪz/ 🔊past simple espied BrE /eˈspaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /eˈspaɪd/ 🔊past participle espied BrE /eˈspaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /eˈspaɪd/ 🔊 -ing form espying BrE /eˈspaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /eˈspaɪɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (literary) to see sb/sth suddenly 突然看见 SYN sight, spy