English-Thai Dictionary

sleuth

N นักสืบ  detective inspector spy nak-sub

 

sleuth

N สุนัขดมกลิ่น  สุนัขตำรวจ  sleuthhound su-nak-dom-kin

 

sleuth

VI ตาม แกะรอย  สืบสวน  สะกดรอย  track trail tam-kea-roi

 

sleuth

VT ตาม แกะรอย  สืบสวน  สะกดรอย  track trail tam-kea-roi

 

sleuthhound

N สุนัขตำรวจ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLEUTH

Sleuth, n. Etym: [Icel. sloedh. See Slot a track. ]

 

Defn: The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot. ] Halliwell.

 

SLEUTHHOUND

Sleuth "hound `, n. Etym: [See Sleuth, and cf. Slothound.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sleuth

sleuth |slo͞oTH sluθ | informal ▶noun a detective. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun sleuthing ) carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective: scientists began their genetic sleuthing for honey mushrooms four years ago. • [ with obj. ] dated investigate (someone or something ). ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘track, ’ in sleuth-hound ): from Old Norse slóth; compare with slot 2. Current senses date from the late 19th cent.

 

sleuth-hound

sleuth-hound ▶noun dated a bloodhound. • informal an eager investigator; a detective.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sleuth

sleuth |sluːθ | informal ▶noun a detective. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun sleuthing ) carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective: scientists began their genetic sleuthing for honey mushrooms four years ago. • [ with obj. ] dated investigate (someone or something ). ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘track ’, in sleuth-hound ): from Old Norse slóth; compare with slot 2. Current senses date from the late 19th cent.

 

sleuth-hound

sleuth-hound ▶noun dated a bloodhound. • informal an eager investigator; a detective.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sleuth

sleuth noun informal I didn't have to be much of a sleuth to catch Irene stealing company funds: (private ) detective, (private ) investigator; informal private eye, snoop, shamus, gumshoe, (private ) dick, PI.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sleuth

sleuth noun informal private detective, detective, private investigator, investigator; Brit. enquiry agent; informal private eye, PI, snoop, sleuth-hound; N. Amer. informal private dick, dick, peeper, shamus, gumshoe; informal, dated hawkshaw, sherlock; N. Amer. dated Pinkerton.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sleuth

sleuth /sluːθ /名詞 C 1 ＝sleuthhound 1 .2 ｟くだけて やや古 ｠探偵, 刑事 (detective ).動詞 自動詞 他動詞 ｟くだけて ｠(…を )探偵する ; (…を )追跡する .

 

sleuthhound

sl é uth h ò und 名詞 C 1 警察犬 〘特にbloodhound種 〙.2 ＝sleuth 2 .