Probe



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• 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.

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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