pry

英 [pra?] 美[pra?]

英英釋義實用場景例句

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第三人稱單數:?pries;過去式:?pried;過去分詞:?pried;現在分詞:?prying;

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。

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)).

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。

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.

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.