英语词汇“gumshoe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	gumshoe
释义	Trends of gumshoe View usage for: gumshoe (gʌmʃu) Word forms: gumshoes countable noun A gumshoe is a detective. [US, informal, old-fashioned] ...an FBI gumshoe. gumshoe in British English (ˈɡʌmˌʃuː) noun 1. a waterproof overshoe 2. US and Canadian a rubber-soled shoe 3. US and Canadian slang a detective or one who moves about stealthily 4. US and Canadian slang a stealthy action or movement verbWord forms: -shoes, -shoeing or -shoed 5. (intransitive) US and Canadian slang to act stealthily gumshoe in American English (ˈgʌmˌʃu) US noun 1. a. a rubber overshoe b. [pl.] sneakers 2. Slang a detective verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgumˌshoed or ˈgumˌshoeing Slang 3. to sneak or go about quietly, as a detective; act with stealth Word origin gum1 (rubber) + shoe Image of gumshoe © Antonsov85, shutterstock Examples of 'gumshoe' in a sentence gumshoe `Threats will get you nowhere with a tough gumshoe ," I said. Goldsborough, Robert MURDER IN E MINOR `Because, my love, there is no way he or any of his gumshoe oppos are going to carry this investigation a single step further. Parkes, Roger RIOT
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