| 单词 | private-eyeing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate-ˈeyeing private-ˈeyeing n. the work of a private detective; investigation or activities characteristic of a private detective; cf. private-eye v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection private inquiry1856 Sherlocking1920 Sherlock Holmesing1929 private-eyeing1949 1949 Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 24 Jan. 10/3 Not only did he relish my lines anent private eyeing but..he is a constant reader of this column. 1954 Washington Post 14 Dec. 17/6 A 31-year-old mother of four children and wife of a probationary detective did a little ‘private eyeing’ of her own yesterday and as a result police trapped a man in the midst of ransacking her neighbor's home. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets vi. 119 I imagine private-eye-ing is one of those things where you've either got the knack or you haven't. 1998 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 23 Apr. 6 Before this case ends, though, Cordelia's doing things that could put herself on the wrong side of the law. She still has a lot to learn about private-eyeing. < as lemmas |
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