Word
gumshoe
/ˈgʌmʃuː/
verb
当侦探；秘密调查
to work as a detective; to investigate secretly or discreetly
- 1.
n someone who is a detective；n a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
套靴；胶底运动靴；悄悄走；秘密行走
轻手轻脚地走动；潜行；悄悄走；秘密行走
In use
The child tried to gumshoe into the kitchen without waking his mother.
You can gumshoe across the wooden floor if you wear socks.
We watched the cat gumshoe toward the bird in the garden.
Verb forms
base gumshoe · third person gumshoes · -ing gumshoeing · past gumshoed · past participle gumshoed
gumshoe 作动词时表示‘作侦探/暗中调查’或‘悄悄走动/潜行’，按规则变化。
Connections
Word family
- gumshoes
- plural
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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