pry 详细解释
pry
[prai]
v. 打听, 窥探, 用杠杆撬开
n. 窥探, 杠杆, 爱打探的人
vi.
1. 窥探; 窥视[(+into/about)]
Stop prying about the house.
别在屋子里到处窥探了。
2. 刺探, 打听[(+into)]
She likes to pry into the private life of her friends.
她喜欢打听友人的私生活。
n.
1. 窥探; 打听[U]
2. 爱打听别人事情的人[C]
词形变化
副词: pryingly | 名词复数: pries | 动词过去式: pried | 动词过去分词: pried | 动词现在分词: prying | 动词第三人称单数: pries |
词义辨析
同义:
n.窥伺; 打听; 探索
英英释义
名词 pry:
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
同义词：crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar
动词 pry:
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
同义词：prise, prize, lever, jimmy
be nosey
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
同义词：intrude, horn in, nose, poke
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
同义词：prise
短语词组
pry into/about
1. 探听; 窥探
He's always ready to pry into other people's business.
他总爱探听别人的事。
补充
prypry英:[prai] 美:[praɪ]vi.1.打听, 刺探(他人的私事)She is always prying into other people's affairs.她总是打听别人的私事。vt.1.撬开We pried open the locked door with an iron bar.我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。例句
1. Guy used a pry on the lock, and it gave way pretty easy.盖伊用一个撬杆撬锁, 锁很容易就撬开了。 2. Imelda might think she was prying.伊梅尔达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。 3. She was always prying and giving advice.她总是好管闲事, 给别人提建议。 4. We do not want people prying into our affairs.我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。 5. She ripped a fingernail in prying the lid up.她在撬起盖子时把指甲弄断了。 6. 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。 7. He pried open a clam shell.他撬开了一个蛤壳。 8. their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms他们从美国酒精、烟草和武器管理局那里打探那些名字的企图 9. We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。 10. to pry money from a miser好不容易从守财奴那里得到钱 11. I don't want them prying into my affairs.我不愿意他们打听我的私事。 12. I'm sick of you prying into my personal life.我对你刺探我的私生活感到恶心。 13. [as adj. prying]she felt there was no place where she could escape from the prying eyes.她感到自己无从逃避一双双偷窥的眼睛。 14. prying open the door.把门撬开。 15. he pried his left leg free.他用力让左腿松动。 16. I'm sick of you prying into my personal life.你老打听我的私生活，真讨厌。 17. "I was curious, but I didn't want to pry."我感到好奇，但我不想去窥探隐私。 18. He claims that the government is improperly prying into his affairs.他宣称政府在不正当地窥探他的私事。 19. They were trying to pry into my past.他们企图打听我的过去。 20. pry off a tight lid撬开盖紧的盖子 21. pry up a floorboard撬开地板 22. They pried open the door with a crowbar.他们用撬棍将门撬开了。 23. I couldn't pry the secret out of her. [=I couldn't get her to reveal the secret]我无法撬开她的嘴巴问出秘密。