overheard
v. 偶然聽到(overhear的過去式和過去分詞)
If you overhear someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening.
I overheard two doctors discussing my case.
我無意中聽到兩位醫生討論我的病情。
...snatches of overheard conversation.
偷聽到的片言隻語
Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
只有一名穿制服的無聊警衛可能偷聽到了他們的談話。
We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.
我們低聲交談,以免別人聽到。
I told Lucy the news under my breath, but Joyce overheard me.
我低聲地把這個訊息告訴露西, 可還是被喬伊斯聽到了.
I overheard them say they were dissatisfied.
我偶然聽到他們說,他們不滿意.
He was having to whisper in order to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbours.
他不得不小聲說,免得被愛管閒事的鄰居們聽到。