private eye

英 [ˈpraɪvət aɪ]

美 [ˈpraɪvət aɪ]

n.  (尤指电影或故事里的)私人侦探，私家侦探

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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指电影或故事里的）私人侦探，私家侦探
  You can refer to a private detective as aprivate eye, especially when he or she is a character in a film or story.
  1. Harmon plays a private eye hired by Mimi Rogers to investigate her husband's disappearance.
     哈蒙扮演一个被咪咪·罗杰斯雇来调查她丈夫失踪事件的私家侦探。

英英释义

noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
  Synonym:private detectivePIprivate investigatoroperativeshamussherlock

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