gumshoe

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/    美 /ˈɡʌm.ʃuː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  2. A detective. slang
    — "Who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?"
动词 v.
  1. To act as a detective. slang
    — The next thing they did was to send a man sent down there from Baltimore and he spent a good deal of time gumshoeing around in that county trying to get another individual put in as secretary-treasurer.

词形变化

gumshoes plural gumshoes present,singular,third-person gumshoeing participle,present gumshoed participle,past gumshoed past

词源

词源 1
From gum + shoe.
词源 2
From gum + shoe.
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