whodunits
whodunits — 名詞
1. a story — usually a book, film, or play — in which a crime, most often a murder,
推理作品
以找出兇手為核心的懸疑故事
a story — usually a book, film, or play — in which a crime, most often a murder, is investigated and the reader or viewer does not find out who carried it out until the very end.
Chiara reads three whodunits monthly and tries to solve the crime before the final chapter.
Chiara 每月讀三本推理小說，並試著在最後一章之前找出真兇。
collocation: read a whodunit
Leila's bookshelf is filled with classic whodunits from the 1930s and 1940s.
Leila 的書架上擺滿了 1930 年代和 1940 年代的經典推理小說。
collocation: classic whodunit
The Watanabe family enjoys watching whodunits together on Saturday evenings.
渡邊家喜歡在週六晚上一起看推理片。
collocation: watch a whodunit
Owen's first novel was a gripping whodunit set in a small mountain village.
Owen 的第一本小說是背景設定在一座山間小村裡、情節扣人心弦的推理作品。
collocation: gripping whodunit
- classic whodunit
- gripping whodunit
- perfect whodunit
- traditional whodunit
- whodunit about a murder
- whodunit set in a mansion
- detective story
more formal; focuses on the investigator's role rather than the puzzle
- murder mystery
slightly more specific — highlights that the crime is a murder
- mystery
broader: covers any unexplained event, not necessarily a crime
- crime novel
wider category that includes police procedurals and thrillers, not all of which are whodunits
文法句型
a whodunit / whodunits
whodunit + about + [topic]
用法筆記
Frequently used informally. The singular form is whodunit (also spelled whodunnit). The word was coined in American English as a playful contraction of the English dialect question 'Who done it?' (meaning 'Who did it?').
常見錯誤
同根字
- whodunit名詞B2
- whodunnit名詞B2