| 单词 | shamus |
| 释义 | shamus (once / 31351 pages) n WORD FAMILY shamus: shamuses USAGE EXAMPLESHamilton’s “Cold Day in Paradise,” published in 1998, won an Edgar and a Shamus Award for best first novel. Washington Times(May 17, 2016) “I’m a sleuth, a shamus,” I told her. “Both those words fit.” Slate(Mar 11, 2016) Shamus Khan, a 1996 St. Paul's graduate, wrote a book about the school detailing some of the traditions spawned by its hierarchy. US News(Aug 21, 2015) n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Syn|Hypo|Hyper PI, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sherlock hotel detective, house detective, house dick a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store inquiry agenta private detective store detectivea private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage detective an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public |
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