单词 | detect |
释义 | detect —detectable, detectible, adj. —detectability, detectibility, n. /di tekt"/, v.t. 1. to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating. 2. to discover the existence of: to detect the odor of gas. 3. to find out the true character or activity of: to detect a spy. 4. Telecommunications. a. to rectify alternating signal currents in a radio receiver. b. to demodulate. [1400-50; late ME < L detectus (ptp. of detegere), equiv. to de- DE- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 2. See learn. |
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