sleuth

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n. 警犬, 侦探 vi. 做侦探

发音

UK /sluːθ/
其它
US /sluːθ/

词形变化

sleuths 复数 sleuthed sleuthing sleuths 三单 sleuths sleuthing 现在分词 sleuthed 过去式 sleuthed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

做侦探；侦查

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A detective.

    1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?

  2. 2.

    A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.

    古体
  3. 3.

    An animal’s trail or track.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    Slowness; laziness, sloth.

    废旧 不可数
  5. 2.

    A group of bears.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

sleuth-hound

上位词 1

detective
动词

同义词 3

spy snoop stag

上位词 2

monitor supervise

相关短语

sleuth dog sleuth dogs

词源

Clipping of sleuthhound.

来源：wiktionary