informal <非正式>
- a detective侦探。
no obj.［often as noun sleuthing］
1- carry out a search or investigation in the manner of a detective探究; 侦查; 调查：
scientists began their genetic sleuthing for honey mushrooms four years ago.
四年前, 科学家开始了对蜜环菌的基因探究。
1.1
- with obj. dated investigate (someone or something)〈旧〉调查。
词源
Middle English （originally in the sense 'track', in SLEUTH-HOUND） ： from Old Norse slóth; compare with SLOT2. Current senses date from the late 19th cent.