detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
אנגלית
~ 2900
משמעויות
0 משמעויות
שם עצם
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
תבנית שימוש:
[someone] works as a detective
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
מילים נרדפות
investigator (A broader term that can include people investigating non-criminal matters.)
|
sleuth (Informal or literary term for a detective, often used in fiction.)
הפכים
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
צירופים
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
נושאים
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
דוגמאות
- The detective interviewed several witnesses to the robbery.
- She hired a private detective to follow her business partner.
- Detectives found new evidence at the crime scene.
- The police detective worked tirelessly on the murder case.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- The detective asked me questions about the night.
- A detective looks for clues to solve crimes.
- My uncle is a police detective.
- The detective found the stolen car.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
detective
IPA
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
הברות והטעמה
de - tect - ive (3 הברות)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
צורות המילה
Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
משפחת מילים
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
ביטויים
detective story
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv stˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
Fiction about solving a crime
A story, often in a book or movie, about a person who finds out who did a crime.
דוגמאות
- I love reading old-fashioned detective stories.
- The movie is based on a famous detective story.
detective work
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv wˈɚk/
fixed phrase
Investigating to solve a case or problem
The careful work of finding out facts to solve a crime or problem.
דוגמאות
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.