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单词 Sherlock
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Definition of Sherlock in English:

Sherlock

noun ˈʃəːlɒkˈʃərˌlɑk
informal
  • A person who investigates mysteries or shows great perceptiveness.

    it doesn't take a Sherlock to figure out that she's lying to me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the Sherlocks wrote, asking whether his solution was correct, and if he would have gained entry, and I responded.
    • For example, jokes are remarkably unreliable laugh-getters, especially among North Americans, who were least likely to find jokes funny, according to the humor Sherlocks in Britain.

Derivatives

  • Sherlockian

  • adjectiveʃəːˈlɒkɪənʃərˈlɑkiən
    • Relating to or characteristic of Sherlock Holmes, especially in showing great perceptiveness.

      a Sherlockian detective
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sherlockian powers of detection
      • I'm not sure that the true Sherlockian will want the new novel to reveal too much.
      • In Sherlockian parlance, we could call this The Curious Case of the Forgotten Corpse.
      • But the great service that Klinger and the sharp-sighted Sherlockians whose work he draws on perform is to bring to light the astonishing carelessness with which the Holmes stories were written.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Sherlock Holmes (see Holmes, Sherlock).

 
 

Definition of Sherlock in US English:

Sherlock

nounˈʃərˌlɑkˈSHərˌläk
informal
  • A person who investigates mysteries or shows great perceptiveness.

    it doesn't take a Sherlock to figure out that she's lying to me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the Sherlocks wrote, asking whether his solution was correct, and if he would have gained entry, and I responded.
    • For example, jokes are remarkably unreliable laugh-getters, especially among North Americans, who were least likely to find jokes funny, according to the humor Sherlocks in Britain.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Sherlock Holmes (see Holmes, Sherlock).

 
 
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