detective

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·tect·ive AW [detective detectives] BrE [dɪˈtektɪv] NAmE [dɪˈtektɪv] noun (abbr.Det)
1. a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals
•Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown
•detectives from the anti-terrorist squad
•a detective story/novel
see also ↑store detective
2. a person employed by sb to find out information about sb/sth
see also ↑private detective

Word 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’.

Example Bank:
•She hired a private detective to follow her husband.
•Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective.
•The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter.
•Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case.
•We are going to have to do some detective work on this.
•detectives investigating the case
•A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers have been working on the case.
•Detective Sergeant John Nelson
•He was arrested in Spain by Scotland Yard detectives.
•Several objects were taken away by detectives from the anti-terrorist squad.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  investigator, tec, police detective