Probe

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  • v. 探索, 探测
  • [英] v. 探索, 探测 ( to search into and explore)
  • [类] cavil : criticize / probe : investigate ( 挑剔是拼命批判 / 探索是认真调查)
  • [例] The detective probed into the circumstances of the murder.

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. noun

  • Etymology: Medieval Latin proba examination, from Latin probare
  • Date: 1580
  • 1. a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
  • 2.
    • a. any of various testing devices or substances: as
      • (1) a pointed metal tip for making electrical contact with a circuit element being checked
      • (2) a usually small object that is inserted into something so as to test conditions at a given point
      • (3) a device used to penetrate or send back information especially from outer space or a celestial body
      • (4) a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as radioactively labeled DNA) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes
    • b. a pipe on the receiving airplane thrust into the drogue of the delivering airplane in air refueling
  • 3.
    • a. the action of probing
    • b. a penetrating or critical investigation
    • c. a tentative exploratory advance or survey

II. verb (probed; probing)

  • Date: 1649
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to search into and explore very thoroughly ; subject to a penetrating investigation
    • 2. to examine with a probe <unmanned vehicles probed space>
  • intransitive verb
    • to make a searching exploratory investigation
  • Synonyms: see enter
  • ? prober noun


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