Pry



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.刺探; 撬开
• ［英］ v. 刺探 ( make nosy or presumptuous inquiry) ; 撬开 ( pull apart with a lever)
• ［类］ importune : request / pry : inquiry ( 强求是拼命要求 / 刺探是拼命询问)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (pried; prying)

• Etymology: Middle English prien
• Date: 14th century
• to look closely or inquisitively; also to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry

II. transitive verb (pried; prying)

• Etymology: probably back-formation from ［sup］5［/sup］prize
• Date: circa 1806
• 1. to raise, move, or pull apart with a lever ; prize
• 2. to extract, detach, or open with difficulty <pried the secret out of my sister>

III. noun

• Date: 1823
• 1. a tool for prying
• 2. leverage

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