[ slu:θ ]
informal
■ noun a detective.
■ verb [often as noun ~ing ] carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective.
Origin
ME (orig. in the sense 'track', in ~-hound ): from ON slóth ; cf. slot 2 .
[ slu:θ ]
informal
■ noun a detective.
■ verb [often as noun ~ing ] carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective.
Origin
ME (orig. in the sense 'track', in ~-hound ): from ON slóth ; cf. slot 2 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004