sleuth
noun /sluːθ/
/sluːθ/
(old-fashioned or humorous)- a person who investigates crimes
synonym detective侦探 - an amateur sleuth
业余侦探 - Agatha Christie’s super sleuth, Hercule Poirot
阿加莎·克里斯蒂《超级侦探》,赫丘里·波罗
词源Middle English (originally in the sense ‘track’, in sleuth-hound): from Old Norse slóth. Current senses date from the late 19th cent. - an amateur sleuth