sleuth
美音:
[slu:θ
]英音:
[slu:θ
]n.足迹,警犬,侦探 vi.做侦探
难易程度:
sleuth为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:sleuthed 过去分词:sleuthed 现在分词:sleuthing 第三人称单数:sleuths
sleuth
/slu:θ; sluθ/
n (infml joc 口, 谑) detective 侦探.
v [I] (infml joc 口, 谑) do detective work 侦查
*I had to go out sleuthing to find your address. 我得出去侦查一番才找到你的住址.
sleuth
n[C]old-fashioned[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: sleuthhound
'dog used for tracking people' (14-20 centuries), from sleuth
'track' (12-15 centuries) (from
Old Norse sloth) + hound]
someone who tries to find out information about a crime
=
detective>sleuthingn[U]