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Pry Rove Meaning Prize 8656.Pry 英 Praɪ]美 Praɪ

正面 8656.pry
英 [praɪ]美 [praɪ]

背面
释义:
vt. 撬动,撬开vi. 刺探,探查n. 窥探;杠杆
例句:
1. Don't pry into private life of others.不要窥探别人的私生活.

1. drove => rove => 弟弟到处漂泊、流浪的原因是他被父母赶出了家门。弟弟被赶出了家门只好到处漂泊、流浪。弟弟喜欢驾车到处漂泊、漫游。2. grove => rove => 哥哥在果园里漫游。3. river =》rover =》rove.4. 细心的人会发现“流浪、漂泊、漫游”这些词的含有都是由“河流、河水”引申而来的。也就是说字面含义是与“河流、河水”有关的。5. over <===> rove: 他娶了老婆,终于结束了到处漂泊、流浪的日子。
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。
prypry: see prizepry (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))."

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