English-Thai Dictionary

detective

N นับ สืบ  สายสืบ  สายลับ  ผู้ สืบสวน  ผู้ตรวจสอบ  inspector investigator nak-sub

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DETECTIVE

DETECTIVE De *tect "ive, a.

 

Defn: Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

 

DETECTIVE

DETECTIVE De *tect "ive, n.

 

Defn: One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

detective

de tec tive |diˈtektiv dəˈtɛktɪv | ▶noun a person, esp. a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. • [ as modifier ] denoting a particular rank of police officer: Detective Sergeant Fox. • [ as modifier ] concerning crime and its investigation: detective work. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from detect, on the pattern of pairs such as elect, elective. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect. ’

 

detective story

de tec tive sto ry |dɪˈtektɪvstɔːri |(also detective novel ) ▶noun a story whose plot revolves around the investigation and solving of a crime.

 

Oxford Dictionary

detective

de ¦tect |ive |dɪˈtɛktɪv | ▶noun a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. • [ as modifier ] denoting a rank of police officer with investigative duties: a detective inspector. • [ as modifier ] concerning crime and its investigation: detective work. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect ’.

 

detective story

detective story |dɪˈtɛktɪvstɔːri |(also detective novel ) ▶noun a story whose plot revolves around the investigation and solving of a crime.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

detective

detective noun they hired a detective to track down Polk's former partner: investigator, private investigator, private detective, police detective, operative; informal private eye, PI, sleuth, snoop, shamus, gumshoe, Sherlock; informal, dated dick, private dick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

detective

detective noun investigator, private detective, private investigator, operative; Brit. enquiry agent, CID officer, detective constable, DC, detective sergeant, DS, detective inspector, DI, detective chief inspector, DCI, detective superintendent, detective chief superintendent; informal private eye, PI, sleuth, sleuth-hound, jack, snoop, snooper; N. Amer. informal peeper, shamus, gumshoe; informal, dated dick, private dick, tec, bogey, hawkshaw, sherlock; N. Amer. dated Pinkerton.

 

French Dictionary

détective

détective n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne chargée d ’enquêtes. : Cette détective est très astucieuse.

 

Spanish Dictionary

detective

detective nombre común 1 Persona que tiene por oficio investigar asuntos por encargo de un cliente :una novela de detectives; una agencia de detectives; el trabajo de un detective solamente puede ser llevado a cabo si se está en posesión de una licencia o carné de detective; mis cualidades de detective, recientemente ejercitadas en el caso de la búsqueda de mis padres, no parecían suficientes .También detective privado .2 Policía que se dedica a investigar determinados casos y que a veces interviene en los procedimientos judiciales :un detective de Scotland Yard .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés detective , formado a partir del verbo to detect ‘descubrir ’. El término nace a mediados del siglo xix en las novelas de tema policíaco .

 

detectivesco, -ca

detectivesco, -ca adjetivo Del detective o de su profesión, o relacionado con ellos :su nueva novela mantiene la intriga detectivesca hasta el final .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

detective

de tec tive /dɪtéktɪv /→detect 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 刑事 ; ｟米 ｠〖肩書き; D-; 時に呼びかけで 〗…刑事 ▸ Detective Mark Smith of the Los Angeles Police Department ロサンゼルス警察のマーク スミス刑事 ▸ a detective constable [sergeant ]｟英 ｠刑事 [警部補 ]2 (私的に雇われる )探偵 ▸ He was employed as a private detective .彼は私立探偵として雇われた 形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗探偵の, 捜査の ; 探知用の ▸ a detective agency 探偵社, 興信所 ▸ detective work 犯罪捜査 ; (一般に )調べ上げること ～́ st ò ry [n ò vel ]探偵小説, 推理小説 .