supersleuth
noun [ C ] (also super-sleuth) uk/ˈsuː.pə.sluːθ/ us/ˈsuː.pɚ.sluːθ/
(尤指书籍或电影中的)超级侦探
someone who is very good at solving crimes and finding out who is responsible for them, especially a character in a book or film
Henning Mankell is the creator of Swedish super-sleuth Inspector Wallander. 贺宁·曼凯尔是瑞典超级侦探沃兰德探长的创造者。
She plays the part of a teenage supersleuth determined to find out who was behind the murder of her best friend.
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- The novelist wrote over 30 books featuring the famed supersleuth, a clumsy private investigator with a taste for bourbon.
- Suddenly the entire neighbourhood turned into supersleuths trying to locate the child's missing bicycle.
- It was fun to play supersleuth and try to decode the cryptic message that had been spray-painted on the rock.