Like the cry of a pack of sleuth-hounds in the ear of the timid deer came these stern demands to Edward the king.
But we will seek her notwithstanding; surely I will send the silver sleuth-hounds of the Cyprian on her track.
Surrounded by enemies more savage than sleuth-hounds, he assumed a humble disguise, and almost alone sailed to in an open boat for the Hebrides.
1.1informal An eager investigator; a detective.
〈非正式〉热衷于调查的人；侦探
it would be engrossing to a literary sleuth-hound
Example sentencesExamples
Tournefort, a sleuth-hound employed by the Committee of Public Safety, is hanging around a house in St Lazare one night.
And the sleuth-hounds of the law, the paid fighting animals of society, with telephone, and telegraph, and special train, clung to his trail night and day.
He summoned private sleuth-hounds, and he put them on the trail.
Definition of sleuth-hound in US English:
sleuth-hound
nounˈslo͞oTHhound
dated
1A bloodhound.
〈旧〉大猎犬，大警犬
Example sentencesExamples
But we will seek her notwithstanding; surely I will send the silver sleuth-hounds of the Cyprian on her track.
Surrounded by enemies more savage than sleuth-hounds, he assumed a humble disguise, and almost alone sailed to in an open boat for the Hebrides.
Like the cry of a pack of sleuth-hounds in the ear of the timid deer came these stern demands to Edward the king.
1.1informal An eager investigator; a detective.
〈非正式〉热衷于调查的人；侦探
it would be engrossing to a literary sleuth-hound
Example sentencesExamples
Tournefort, a sleuth-hound employed by the Committee of Public Safety, is hanging around a house in St Lazare one night.
And the sleuth-hounds of the law, the paid fighting animals of society, with telephone, and telegraph, and special train, clung to his trail night and day.
He summoned private sleuth-hounds, and he put them on the trail.