pried

英 [praɪd]

美 [praɪd]

v.  探听，打听，探查(隐私)
pry的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探
  If someonepries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
  1. We do not want people prying into our affairs...
     我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
  2. Imelda might think she was prying...
     艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
  3. She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished.
     她觉得自己不会被偷窥，可以随心所欲。
• VERB 撬动；撬开；撬起
  If youprysomething open orpryit away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
  1. 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。
  2. I pried the top off a can of chilli...
     我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
  3. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
     她揭开塑料盖，拿出了一个小勺。
• VERB （从…口中）费力地得到（消息等）
  If youprysomething such as informationout ofsomeone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
  1. ...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
     他们试图从美国酒精、烟草和武器管理局那里打探到那些名字

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 prize

双语例句

• As long as he was rich, none pried into his conduct.
  只要他有钱，就没有人会追究他的行为。
• Some of the white men pried into my packages.
  有些白人偷看了我的包裹。
• Where is the Tang Dynasty bodhisattva that he pried from its base?
  那座被他从底座撬走的唐代菩萨现在哪去了？
• In fact, I understand the bite-reflex is so strong the victim's jaws have to be pried open with a crowbar.
  实际上，这种条件反射的咬合是如此之强，以至于受害者的牙关必须得用撬棍才撬得开。
• I pried the top off a can of chilli
  我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
• If the cage is liftedover the limit switch cam or lose the power suddenly, the cage can be pried up and down by hand.
  当吊笼越过限位开关触发板或突然失电时，可对吊笼进行手工撬动升降。
• They pried open my boxes, stole my stuff, put water in my kerosene lamp so the oil would explode when I tried to light it, keeping me from reading at night.
  他们撬开我的箱子，偷走我的东西，往我的煤油灯里倒水，在我点灯的时候，煤油就会爆炸，这样我就在夜里没法看书了。
• He found that some one pried the cabinets in his bedroom.
  他发现卧室里的橱柜被人撬开了。
• The prisoner pried up the door and escaped.
  犯人撬开门逃走了。
• When he believed that the right moment had arrived, he took the knife, pried open the teeth, which offered less resistance than before, counted one after the other twelve drops, and watched;
  当他确信那时刻已经到了的时候，便拿起小刀去撬开牙齿，这一次牙齿没象上次那样咬得紧，他一滴一滴地数着，直数到十二滴，然后等着。