词族 · pry
中文词源
pry 刺探，打听
来自中古法语prien,偷窥，打探，可能来自piren的变体词，来自piren,偷窥，词源同peer.
pry 撬开，撬动来自prize 的回构词，来自古法语prise,抓住，来自（缩写自）拉丁语prehendere,抓住，词源 同apprise,comprehend.引申词义撬开，强力扒开。
英语词源
- pry
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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)).
权威例句
- 1. Don't pry into private life of others.
- 不要窥探别人的私生活.
- 2. Don't pry into the affairs of others.
- 莫管闲事.
- 3. If you want to pry into other people'sbusiness you shall not do it here, young man.
- 如果你想刺探别人的隐私，那你来错地方了，年轻人。
- 4. Jack managed to pry away a large stone blocking the entrance.
- 杰克设法移开了堵住门口的大石头.
- 5. A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.
- 一个司机想用一根开关棒撬开雷克斯的嘴.