| 单词 | pry |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [prai] |
| 解释 | v.刺探；撬开 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 刺探(make nosy or presumptuous inquiry)；撬开(pull apart with a lever) 【考】 importune : request / pry : inquiry(强求是拼命要求/刺 探是拼命询问) 【例】 pry behind the curtain of sb's life(窥探某人的私生 活) |
| 字源 | 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)). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 刺探(过分偷偷摸摸的好奇地看或打听) 【记】源于: spy(n 特工人员; v 侦察) 【类】importune: request = pry: inquiry强求是拼命要求 = 刺探是拼命询问connive: cooperate = pry: watch暗中合作是偷偷合作 = 窥探是偷偷注视prying: inquisitive = garish: colorful爱打听的是过分好奇的 = 过分妆饰的是过分华丽的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】prize (奖金，撬开)的变体；spy 特工，特工就是干撬人家锁刺探情报的事情的 |
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