detect
[dɪ'tɛkt]
vt. , 察觉, 探测

[] , , 探测

1. Small quantities of poison were detected in the dead man's stomach.
   死者毒。
2. I seemed to detect some anger in his voice.
   似乎声音些怒气。
3. They detected no defect in the product.
   品任何问题。

detect
[ verb ]
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
<verb.perception> discover find notice observe
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking waterWe found traces of lead in the paint




Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]
1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;
as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake
in an account.

Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered
at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at
last. --Burke.

Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.

2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]

He was untruly judged to have preached such articles
as he was detected of. --Sir T. More.

Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.


Detect \De*tect"\ (d[-e]*t[e^]kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of
detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See
{Tegument}.]
Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan.