Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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partials

/ˈpɑːrʃəlz/C1

殘缺/不完整的指紋 (n.)

這裡是警匪劇專屬的「熟詞偏義」。`partial` 本意是「部分的、不完全的」,但在刑偵語境裡,常作為名詞複數 `partials` 特指案發現場採集到的「不完整指紋」(partial fingerprints)。

What'd they say about the prints?
None of the partials returned any matches.
Nobody in your building saw anything. We've hit a wall.