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pry
英 [praɪ] 美 [praɪ]

  • 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 ]

专业释义英英释义

  • 杠杆

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pry [ prai ]

  • n. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

    同义词： crowbar wrecking bar pry bar

  • v.
    • to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

      "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

      同义词： prise prize lever jimmy

    • be nosey

      "Don't pry into my personal matters!"

    • search or inquire in a meddlesome way

      同义词： intrude horn in nose poke

    • make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

      同义词： prise

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

pry /praɪ/ CET6+ ( prying, pried, pries )

  • 1. 

    V-I If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. 刺探; 窥探

    例：

    We do not want people prying into our affairs.

    我们不想让人刺探我们的私事。

    例：

    Imelda might think she was prying.

    伊梅尔达可能认为她在窥探。

  • 2. 

    N the act of prying 刺探(之行动)

  • 3. 

    V-T If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface. 撬

词组短语同近义词同根词

pry into 窥探；打听

pry bar 撬杆；杠杆

词根： pry

adj.

prying 窥探的；爱打听的

v.

prying 窥探（pry的ing形式）

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  • However, Engadget maintains full editorial control, and Verizon will have to pry it from our cold, dead hands.

    ENGADGET: blogger-avatar

  • Until the next Honeywell comes along, David is pushing his engineers to pry open new markets.

    FORBES: The thinker

  • Alas, the EU is perfectly within its rights to pry this money out of our pockets.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

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词组短语

pry into 窥探；打听

pry bar 撬杆；杠杆

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