中英互译
pry
英 /praɪ/美 /praɪ/
基本释义
- vt.撬动,撬开
- vi.刺探,探查
- n.窥探;杠杆
复数pries
第三人称单数pries
现在分词prying
过去式pried
过去分词pried
GRE
双语例句
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry.对不起,我并不想刺探别人的私事。来自《牛津词典》
- Sometimes he wakes up excited to work, and on other days you couldn't pry him off the couch with a forklift.有时他一醒来就兴奋地工作,但其他日子里你用叉车都无法把他从沙发上撬下来。
- Don't pry into private life of others.不要窥探别人的私生活。来自《新英汉大辞典》
相关短语
词语扩展
词义分布
撬
67.2%
窥探
11.9%
刺探
10.4%
撬开
6%
撬动
4.5%
英英释义
- n.a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- v.to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- v.be nosey
- v.search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- v.make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
词源
- pry刺探,打听来自中古法语prien,偷窥,打探,可能来自piren的变体词,来自piren,偷窥,词源同peer.
- pry撬开,撬动来自prize 的回构词,来自古法语prise,抓住,来自(缩写自)拉丁语prehendere,抓住,词源 同apprise,comprehend.引申词义撬开,强力扒开。