detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 2900
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] works as a detective
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
คำพ้องความหมาย
investigator (A broader term that can include people investigating non-criminal matters.)
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sleuth (Informal or literary term for a detective, often used in fiction.)
คำตรงข้าม
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
หัวข้อ
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- 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.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
detective
IPA
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
de - tect - ive (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.