pry
英 [pra?]
美[pra?]
- vt. 撬動，撬開
- vi. 刺探，探查
- n. 窺探；杠桿
CET6+IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?pries;過去式:?pried;過去分詞:?pried;現(xiàn)在分詞:?prying;
中文詞源
pry 刺探，打聽
來自中古法語prien,偷窺，打探，可能來自piren的變體詞，來自piren,偷窺，詞源同peer.
pry 撬開，撬動來自prize 的回構詞，來自古法語prise,抓住，來自（縮寫自）拉丁語prehendere,抓住，詞源 同apprise,comprehend.引申詞義撬開，強力扒開。
英文詞源
- pry
- pry: see prize
- pry (v.1)
- "look inquisitively," c. 1300, from prien "to peer in," of unknown origin, perhaps related to late Old English bepriwan "to wink." Related: Pried; prying. As a noun, "act of prying," from 1750; meaning "inquisitive person" is from 1845.
- pry (v.2)
- "raise by force," 1823, from a noun meaning "instrument for prying, crowbar;" alteration of prize (as though it were a plural) in obsolete sense of "lever" (c. 1300), from Old French prise "a taking hold, grasp" (see prize (n.2)).
雙語例句
- 1. Don't pry into private life of others.
- 不要窺探別人的私生活.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Don't pry into the affairs of others.
- 莫管閑事.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. If you want to pry into other people'sbusiness you shall not do it here, young man.
- 如果你想刺探別人的隱私，那你來錯地方了，年輕人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jack managed to pry away a large stone blocking the entrance.
- 杰克設法移開了堵住門口的大石頭.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.
- 一個司機想用一根開關棒撬開雷克斯的嘴.
來自辭典例句