单词 | detect |
释义 | detect (once / 123 pages) v The verb detect means to discover or observe the existence of something. If you walk into your house and detect the odor of burnt food, you can deduce from the evidence that you will be going out to dinner tonight! The verb detect comes from the Latin word detegere, which literally means "to uncover" — or more figuratively, to discover. You may detect the presence of a new dog in your house if you note a water bowl, chew toys, and grooming tools. Of course, the large woofing beast that greeted you at the door with a wagging tail might be a big clue as well. WORD FAMILYdetect: detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detector, detects+/detectable: detectably, undetectable/detected: undetected/detection: detections/detective: detectives/detector: detectors/undetectable: undetectably USAGE EXAMPLES“We detected the malware in a single Burlington Electric Department laptop not connected to our organization’s grid systems,” Kanarick said in a statement. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) The Burlington Electric Department said Friday it detected the malware in a laptop not connected to its grid systems. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Others detected a more nefarious strategy at work in Putin’s gambit. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water Syn|Hypo|Hyper discover, find, notice, observe discover, find make a discovery, make a new finding catch out, find out trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act sensedetect some circumstance or entity automatically instantiatefind an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) tracediscover traces of seeobserve as if with an eye sight, spy catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes |
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