| 单词 | hawkshaw |
| 释义 | hawkshaw in British English (ˈhɔːkʃɔː) noun a detective detective in British English (dɪˈtɛktɪv) noun 1. a. a police officer who investigates crimes b. private detective c. (as modifier) a detective story adjective 2. used in or serving for detection 3. serving to detect hawkshaw in American English (ˈhɔkˌʃɔ) noun US, Informal a detective Word origin after a character in The Ticket of Leave Man, a play by Tom Taylor (1817-80), Eng dramatisthawkshaw in American English (ˈhɔkˌʃɔ) noun a detective Word origin [1900–05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, decompression, desensitize, geopolitics, internship |
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