| 单词 | house detective |
| 释义 | house detective (once / 120606 pages) n WORD FAMILY house detective: house detectives USAGE EXAMPLES“I was asked more than once to leave the Plaza Hotel, ushered out by the house detective. New York Times(May 28, 2012) But on the evening of the third day the house detective tipped Joe off that his prey was leaving in the morning. Taft, William Nelson, On Secret Service—Detective-Mystery...(2011) I suspect that he was a "plant," or a plain-clothes house detective, placed there on purpose to deceive me. Benchley, Robert C., Of All Things(2011) n a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store Syn|Hyper hotel detective, house dick PI, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
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