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单词 detectophone
释义

detect /di-tektˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To discover
  2. To discern
  3. To find out (esp something elusive or secret)
  4. To uncover, expose (obsolete)
  5. To accuse (obsolete; Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: L dētegere, -tēctum, from dē- (negative), and tegere to cover

detectˈable or detectˈible adjective

detecˈtion noun

  1. The discovery of something hidden or not easily observed
  2. The state of being found out

detectˈive adjective

Employed in or concerned with detection

noun

A policeman, usu not in uniform, or other person (private detective) who investigates cases of crime or watches the behaviour of suspected persons

detectˈivist noun

A writer of detective fiction

detectˈōphone noun

A secret telephone for eavesdropping

detecˈtor noun

  1. Someone who detects
  2. An apparatus for detecting something, eg smoke, tampering with a lock, pressure of electric currents, electric waves, etc

detective story noun

One in which clues to the detection of a criminal are set forth and unravelled

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