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- detect[detect 词源字典]
- detect: see protect
[detect etymology, detect origin, 英语词源] - detect (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin detectus, past participle of detegere "uncover, expose," figuratively "discover, reveal, disclose," from de- "un-, off" (see de-) + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus). Related: Detected; detecting.