pry 音标拼音: [pr'ɑɪ]
n . 杠杆,窥探,好奇者
vi . 打听,窥探
vt . 橇,用杠杆撬开
杠杆,窥探,好奇者打听,窥探橇,用杠杆撬开
pry n 1 :
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [
synonym :
{
crowbar }, {
wrecking bar }, {
pry }, {
pry bar }]
v 1 :
to move or force ,
especially in an effort to get something open ; "
The burglar jimmied the lock ": "
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail " [
synonym : {
pry }, {
prise },
{
prize }, {
lever }, {
jimmy }]
2 :
be nosey ; "
Don '
t pry into my personal matters !"
3 :
search or inquire in a meddlesome way ; "
This guy is always nosing around the office " [
synonym : {
intrude }, {
horn in }, {
pry },
{
nose }, {
poke }]
4 :
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry ; "
They pried the information out of him " [
synonym : {
pry }, {
prise }]
Pry \
Pry \,
v .
i . [
OE .
prien .
Cf . {
Peer }
to peep .]
To peep narrowly ;
to gaze ;
to inspect closely ;
to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity ; --
often implying reproach . "
To pry upon the stars ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
Watch thou and wake when others be asleep ,
To pry into the secrets of the state . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Pry \
Pry \,
n .
Curious inspection ;
impertinent peeping .
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1913 Webster ]
Pry \
Pry \,
n . [
Corrupted fr .
prize a lever .
See {
Prize },
n .]
A lever ;
also ,
leverage . [
Local ,
U .
S . &
Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
{
Pry pole },
the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin ,
and stands facing the windlass .
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1913 Webster ]
Pry \
Pry \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pried };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Prying }.]
To raise or move ,
or attempt to raise or move ,
with a pry or lever ;
to prize . [
Local ,
U .
S . &
Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pry ":
Paul Pry ,
Paul -
Pry ,
Peeping Tom ,
backseat driver ,
bar ,
beam ,
beat the bushes ,
bend the eyes ,
boom ,
burrow ,
busybody ,
cant hook ,
claw bar ,
crank ,
crow ,
crowbar ,
delve ,
delve into ,
dig ,
dig into ,
direct the eyes ,
disengage ,
disjoin ,
divide ,
eavesdropper ,
elevate ,
explore ,
fathom ,
fool with ,
forage ,
frisk ,
fulcrumage ,
get a foothold ,
get leverage ,
go into ,
go through ,
gossip ,
handspike ,
hoist ,
hunt ,
indagate ,
inquirer ,
inquisitive ,
inquisitor ,
intermeddle ,
intermeddler ,
investigate ,
iron crow ,
jimmy ,
kibitz ,
kibitzer ,
lever ,
leverage ,
lift ,
limb ,
look ,
look around ,
look into ,
look round ,
look through ,
marlinespike ,
meddle ,
meddle with ,
meddler ,
mess with ,
monkey with ,
mouse ,
nose ,
nose around ,
nosy Parker ,
outrigger ,
peavey ,
pedal ,
peek ,
peep ,
peer ,
peer into ,
pick up ,
pinch bar ,
play peekaboo ,
plumb ,
poke ,
poke around ,
poke into ,
prier ,
prize ,
probe ,
pry into ,
querier ,
querist ,
questioner ,
quidnunc ,
raise ,
rear ,
research ,
ripping bar ,
root ,
rubberneck ,
rubbernecker ,
scopophiliac ,
search ,
search into ,
search through ,
separate ,
sift ,
sightseer ,
smell around ,
snook ,
snoop ,
snooper ,
sound ,
spar ,
spy ,
take a peep ,
take up ,
tamper with ,
treadle ,
turn ,
twist ,
uphold ,
uplift ,
upraise ,
uprear ,
voyeur ,
wedge ,
wrecking bar ,
yenta
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PRY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PRY is to look closely or inquisitively; also : to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry How to use pry in a sentence
PRY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary PRY definition: 1 to try to find out private facts about a person: 2 to move or lift something by pressing a… Learn more
PRY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com PRY definition: to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something See examples of pry used in a sentence
Pry - definition of pry by The Free Dictionary Define pry pry synonyms, pry pronunciation, pry translation, English dictionary definition of pry intr v pried , pry·ing , pries To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently: was always prying into the affairs of others tr v pried , pry·ing
pry verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford . . . Definition of pry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
PRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 5 meanings: 1 to make an impertinent or uninvited inquiry (about a private matter, topic, etc) 2 the act of prying 3 a Click for more definitions
Pry (novel) - Wikipedia Pry is a 2014 interactive digital novella for iPad created by Samantha Gorman and Daniel Cannizzaro, which follows an American ex-soldier named James after he returns home from the first Gulf War [1]
pry - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pry (third-person singular simple present pries, present participle prying, simple past and past participle pried) (intransitive) To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public
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PRY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary PRY meaning: 1 to try to find out private facts about a person: 2 to move or lift something by pressing a… Learn more