sleuth如何读

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美:[sluθ]

sleuth是什么意思

n. (名词)
  1. <美口>侦探
  2. (= sleuthhound)警犬
  3. 足迹
  4. 大猎犬
v. (动词)
  1. 做侦探
  2. 跟踪
  3. 探查

sleuth变形

复数:sleuths

第三人称单数:sleuths

现在分词:sleuthing

过去式:sleuthed

过去分词:sleuthed

sleuth词根

词根:sleuth

n.

sleuthhound 警犬;侦探

sleuth英英释义

noun

a detective.Sherlock Holmes is likely the most famous fictional sleuth.

intransitive verb

to do detective work.

sleuth词源中文解释

12世纪晚期, sloth,指“人或兽的足迹或痕迹”,源自古诺尔斯语 sloð,意为“人在雪地中的足迹或痕迹”,其起源不确定。

“侦探”的意思最早见于1872年,是 sleuth-hound(意为“敏锐的调查员”)的缩写,后者是该词的比喻用法,14世纪晚期已有“猎血猎犬”的意思。

及物动词“扮演侦探,调查”的意思最早见于1900年(隐含于 sleuthing 中)。相关词汇: Sleuthed。

sleuth词源英文解释

Noun short for sleuthhound

The first known use of sleuth was in 1872

sleuth儿童词典英英释义

slice1 of 2noun

a thin flat piece cut from something

a slice of bread

a wedge-shaped piece (as of pie or cake)

the flight of a ball curving to the right when hit by someone right-handed or to the left when hit by someone left-handed

slice2 of 2verb

to cut with or as if with a knife

to cut something into slices

to hit a ball so that a slice results

slew1 of 4

slew1 of 4

slew1 of 4

sleuth1 of 2noun

detective entry 2

sleuth2 of 2verb

to act as a detective

sleuth1 of 2noun

detective entry 2

sleuth2 of 2verb

to act as a detective

sleuth 例句

1 Strip away all the flimsy copycat stuff, including the cheesy retro synth score, and what lurks beneath is a perceptive portrait of contemporary thirtysomething relationships, no silly sleuthing required.

2 A sleuth from the fictional, filthy rich town of Neptune, Veronica traversed high school and college for three seasons, solving mysteries while cracking wise about the privileged locals.

3 They also spoke about their love for the famous sleuths and reminisced about their friendship of more than a decade, riffing off each other effortlessly.

4 From hefty chocolate cheesecakes to mini snickerdoodle cakes, here are seven sweets recently spotted at Costco by sleuths on social media:

5 Upon this inventive premise, Fuller hangs a fanciful yarn that transforms the steely Longabaugh into a big-city sleuth, chasing down leads in pursuit of his missing wife.

6 She’s a brilliant sleuth and an ace shot, yet struggles to get respect at work, where she shows up driving a car whose seats are littered with Legos and Cheddar Bunnies.

7 Nancy Drew has a similar appeal to other sleuth series like Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie – her charm can be appreciated over many books.

8 In one of the more recent sequels to “Pride and Prejudice” Elizabeth Bennet does battle with zombies, so it’s no great stretch to imagine her as a Regency crime sleuth.

9 A little sleuthing will confirm this by taking you to the interview in which she cites that very line.

10 I hope that won’t crowd out contributions from Arcadia’s current army of historians and sleuths around the country.

11 For decades Mr. McCarty, part historian and part sleuth, pursued objects that told the Ringlings’ story.

12 Gadd has all but begged internet sleuths to stop digging, writing on social media: “Please don’t speculate on who any of the real life people could be. That’s not the point of the show.”

13 Elated by the success of my super sleuthing, I read him the simple instructions.

14 The case went cold for two decades – until an unlikely pair of amateur sleuths revived it.

15 Claire and her two best friends find each other in fourth grade, bonding on their shared obsession with the adventures of “Cynthia Silverton, teen sleuth and girl detective.”

16 Her amateur sleuthing resulted in a trail of dead bodies.

17 But there can a dark side to this form of public shaming and internet sleuthing.

18 But more recently, crowdsourced sleuthing has gained a new profile — and a whiff of respectability.

19 At least that’s what the amateur sleuth in David Wong’s new novel believes, and he wants to set the record straight.

20 Luckily there’s a ton of sleuthing apps to help you keep tabs on him.

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