detective /di'tektiv/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a police officer who investigates crimes
- (n.) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Chinese translation
- n. 侦探
- a. 侦探的
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /di'tektiv/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- Gaokao · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.21 · Rare
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Related words
detection · detect · detector · detectable
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