detective英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

— He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.
A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

— […] Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly. […] "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault they come to me, and I manage to put them on the right scent. They lay all the evidence before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of the history of crime, to set them straight. There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the thousand and first.[…]"

形容词 adj.

Employed in detecting. not-comparable

词形变化

detectives plural

词汇关系

近义词

DT Det Det. sleuth beagle bloodhound detective hawkshaw investigator Sherlock sleuthhound 'tec

下位词

private investigator eye PI private detective private dick private eye shamus snoop house detective house dick cyberdetective cybersleuth superdetective superdick supersleuth

衍生词

antidetective cyberdetective detective gag detectivelike detective story detective work dogtective house detective detective chief inspector detective chief superintendent detective constable detective inspector detective sergeant detective superintendent woman detective constable nondetective private detective store detective stump detective superdetective

词源

词源 1

The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction. By surface analysis, detect + -ive.

词源 2

The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction. By surface analysis, detect + -ive.