| 单词 | house detective |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse detective house detective n. originally U.S. a private detective employed on the premises by a hotel, business, etc., to provide security. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in > employed by a business, etc. spotter1867 house detective1891 labour spy1903 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 8 July 4 There was..no policeman in the hotel, except the regular house detective. 1922 F. S. Fitzgerald Beautiful & Damned ii. i. 135 The group was joined by the hastily summoned house-detective. 1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men v. 75 Don't blame me if the house detective finds us and boots us out of the servants' entrance. 2000 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 21 Apr. c3 Jack's girlfriend..is, interestingly, a house detective in a department store. < as lemmas |
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