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sleuthhound

/slooth-hound/US // ˈsluθˌhaʊnd //UK // (ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd) //

侦探犬,猎犬,猎狗,追踪者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bloodhound.
    • : a detective.

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Examples

  • This explains why the dog has sometimes been called a sleuthhound; that is, a dog set upon a sleuth, or trail.

  • Its speciality—or, if you like, its oddity—was this merciless mercy; the unrelenting sleuthhound who seeks to save and not slay.

  • From that instant, all pretenses were abandoned, Robert was a sleuthhound on a keen scent.

  • Enoch Standring had something of the sleuthhound in his nature.

  • It was the first messenger from Will Leatherbarrow, who hung like a sleuthhound on the trail.