One day I was chatting with a friend online, when he stood up to get some water, I saw from the mirror behind him that he was walking in his underwear, haha! Then I told him, he felt very embrassed and said,"You peeping Tom!"
Peeping Tom 就是英文当中的“偷窥狂”。这里还有一个典故。戈黛娃夫人麦西亚伯爵利奥弗里克的美丽的妻子。当时利奥弗里克对考文垂市民强加重税,戈黛娃夫人不断像丈夫求情,希望减免税收,都被他顽固的拒绝了,最后,利奥弗里克对妻子的求情感到非常的厌烦,又毫无办法,于是他宣称如果她能够裸体骑马绕行城市的街道,他就减免税收。没想到戈黛娃夫人真的这么做了,在向全是宣告命令所有人躲在屋内并拉上窗帘之后,她赤身裸体,只披着一头长发绕行街道,有一名裁缝师Tom,他违背了命令,在窗子上挖了个洞偷看,接着他的眼睛就瞎掉了,这个人后来成了英语偷窥狂(Peeping Tom)的由来。
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