• vt. 撬動(dòng)，撬開(kāi)
• vi. 刺探，探查
• n. 窺探；杠桿

來(lái)自中古法語(yǔ)prien,偷窺，打探，可能來(lái)自piren的變體詞，來(lái)自piren,偷窺，詞源同peer.

來(lái)自prize 的回構(gòu)詞，來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)prise,抓住，來(lái)自（縮寫(xiě)自）拉丁語(yǔ)prehendere,抓住，詞源 同apprise,comprehend.引申詞義撬開(kāi)，強(qiáng)力扒開(kāi)。

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)).

1. Don't pry into private life of others.

不要窺探別人的私生活.

來(lái)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(lái)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(lái)錯(cuò)地方了，年輕人。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Jack managed to pry away a large stone blocking the entrance.

杰克設(shè)法移開(kāi)了堵住門(mén)口的大石頭.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.

一個(gè)司機(jī)想用一根開(kāi)關(guān)棒撬開(kāi)雷克斯的嘴.

來(lái)自辭典例句