| 单词 | private eye |
| 释义 | private eyeSEE SYNONYMS FOR private eye ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a private detective. Origin of private eye1935–40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbreviation of investigator Words nearby private eyeprivate equity, private-equity company, private equity fund, privateer, privateersman, private eye, Private Finance Initiative, private first class, private health insurance, private hotel, private income Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for private eyeprivate eye nouninformal a private detective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with private eyeprivate eye A privately employed detective, as opposed to one working for the police or another authority. For example, The children loved stories about private eyes, and Janey wanted to become one. This expression comes from the term private investigator, the “i” of investigator being changed to “eye,” which plays on the idea of a person looking into things. [1930s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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