scout

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

scout UK US [skaʊt] noun countable [ scouts ]
 
SOLDIER
1. a person, especially a soldier, sent out to get information about where the enemy are and what they are doing
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Spying and espionage ↑Soldiers and people who fight in wars
 
SEARCH
2. a person employed to look for people with particular skills, especially in sport or entertainment
• a talent scout
• Manchester United's chief scout spotted him when he was playing for his school football team.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs ↑Spectators and commentators at sports events
3. a scout around/round
only singular informal a quick look around a place or area, especially in order to find something
• I had a quick scout around the house to check everything was okay.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Searching
 
verb intransitive or transitive usually + adverb or preposition
to go to look in various places for something you want
• He's scouting about/around for somewhere better to live.
• She's opened an office in Connecticut to scout out (= discover information about) the east coast housing market.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Searching

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pathfinder, guide, talent scout, Scout, lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, picket, reconnoiter, reconnoitre