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detective [英] [diˈtektiv]

[美] [dɪˈtɛktɪv]

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1. 侦探,警探,私人侦探

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侦探

snoopprivatesleuthinvestigator(P.I.)eyegumshoe

语源

mid 19th cent.: from detect, on the pattern of pairs such as elect, elective. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense 'serving to detect'