overhear
verbto hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved 偶然聽到;無意中聽到 - overhear somebody/something
I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus. 我在公共汽車上無意中聽到兩個男孩的對話。 We talked quietly so as not to be overheard. 我們低聲交談,以免别人聽到。 - overhear somebody doing something
We overheard them arguing. 我們碰巧聽到他們吵嘴。 - overhear somebody do something
I overheard him say he was going to France. 我偶然聽見他說他要去法國。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accidentally
- couldn’t help overhearing something
- overhear somebody/something