pry
英 [praɪ]
美[praɪ]
- vt. 撬动，撬开
- vi. 刺探，探查
- n. 窥探；杠杆
词态变化
第三人称单数: pries;过去式: pried;过去分词: pried;现在分词: prying;
中文词源
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。
英英释意
- 1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
英文词源
- 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)).
实用场景例句
- I'm sick of you prying into my personal life!
- 我讨厌你刺探我的私生活！
牛津词典
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry.
- 对不起，我并不想刺探别人的私事。
牛津词典
- She tried to keep the children away from the prying eyes of the world's media.
- 她尽量使孩子们躲开世界上媒体猎奇的目光。
牛津词典
- We do not want people prying into our affairs...
- 我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Imelda might think she was prying...
- 艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They pried open a sticky can of blue paint...
- 他们撬开了一个黏糊糊的蓝色油漆桶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I pried the top off a can of chilli...
- 我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
- 他们试图从美国酒精、烟草和武器管理局那里打探到那些名字
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail.
- 浣熊设法敲开垃圾桶的盖子.
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- Don't pry about our home!
- 不要往我们家窥视!
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- To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used with out.
- 挑出,逐出从一个地方或位置撬开 、 提取出或驱逐出.
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- A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.
- 一个司机想用一根开关棒撬开雷克斯的嘴.
辞典例句
- Don't pry into the affairs of others.
- 莫管闲事.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Don't pry into my personal matters!
- 不要打听我的私事.
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- Once fully detached, gently pry up the bottom of the board first.
- 一旦完全脱落, 轻轻地撬了底部的第一局.
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- You'll take me blunderbuss when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
- 只有等我死了你才能从我手中拿走我的枪!
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- Wear may sometimes be detected by using a small pry bar under the joint.
- 有时,在接头处用一个小杠杆就能检测出耐用性.
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- I couldn't pry the cover off this wooden box without breaking it.
- 不打破这个木箱盖我就无法撬开它.
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- You have found a wrong point to inflict strength , so it needs great efforts to pry.
- 你找的力点不对, 所以撬起来很费劲.
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- Can you help me pry the cover off this wooden box without breaking it?
- 你能不能帮我不打破这个木箱盖而撬开它?
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- We use an iron bar to pry open the box.
- 我们用铁棍撬开箱子.
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- Pry the crankshaft forward , position the dial indicator to zero.
- 向前撬曲轴, 定位针盘指示表到0.
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- Can you help me pry cover off this wooden box without breaking it?
- 你可以帮我撬开这个木头盒子 吗 ?但不要弄坏它.
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- She likes to pry into the private life of her friends.
- 她喜欢打听友人的私生活.
辞典例句
- Never insert an object ( e . g . wrench, screwdriver, pry bar, etc. ) into valve cap openings.
- 不可将工具 ( 如:扳手, 螺丝刀, 撬棍等 ) 插入阀盖内开帽.
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- I don't want to pry, but is it true that you've sold your house?
- 我不想要打听, 但是你把房子卖掉是真的 吗 ?
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- You'll take me blunderbuss we ye pry it from my cold, dead hands!
- 我死了你才能从我冰冷的手中把枪拿走!
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- Neuroscientists have begun to pry off the clock's cover to get a look at the workings.
- 神经科学家们已经撬掉生物钟的外壳,开始探索它的功能.
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- I don't like to pry into the affairs of my neighbors.
- 我不喜欢管邻居间的闲事.
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- Oh, my dear, I didn't mean to pry.
- 哦, 亲爱的, 我并不是想打听什么.
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