英语词汇“pry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pry1

/prʌɪ

verb (pries, prying, pried) [no object]

Enquire too inquisitively into a person’s private affairs: I’m sick of you prying into my personal life...

Not for the first time he attempts to personalise the issue by prying into my private affairs.
At the same time, the French media is slowly but surely prying into the private lives of the politicians - slowly but surely exposing more details about what goes on behind the closed doors of the country's rulers.
She didn't want to feel like she was prying into Keira's private life by going through her cupboard, but she thought that she'd be doing the girl a favour by cleaning it out.

Synonyms

enquire impertinently into, investigate impertinently, be inquisitive about, be curious about, poke about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, delve into, eavesdrop on, listen in on;

mind someone else's business, be a busybody, tap someone's phone;

spy on, interfere in, meddle in, intrude on;

scrutinize, probe

informal stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy (about), nose into, snoop about/around/round in

Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak

inquisitive, curious, busybody, probing, spying, eavesdropping, impertinent, interfering, meddling, meddlesome, intrusive

informal nosy, snooping, snoopy

Scottish & Northern English nebby

rare busy

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'peer inquisitively'): of unknown origin.

Rhymes

pry2

/prʌɪ

verb (pries, prying, pried) chiefly North American

Another term for prise. prying open the door he pried his left leg free...

My idle hands proceeded to pound, wrench, twist, pry, and yank at anything I could get a hold on.
My ears strained toward the sirens and my heart pounded as the officers used a crowbar to pry away the door.
I knocked lightly on the door, hoping to pry Angela out of the restroom.

Origin

Early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.

单词	pry
释义	pry1 /prʌɪ / verb (pries, prying, pried) [no object] Enquire too inquisitively into a person’s private affairs: I’m sick of you prying into* my personal life... Not for the first time he attempts to personalise the issue by prying into my private affairs. At the same time, the French media is slowly but surely prying into the private lives of the politicians - slowly but surely exposing more details about what goes on behind the closed doors of the country's rulers. She didn't want to feel like she was prying into Keira's private life by going through her cupboard, but she thought that she'd be doing the girl a favour by cleaning it out. Synonyms enquire impertinently into, investigate impertinently, be inquisitive about, be curious about, poke about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, delve into, eavesdrop on, listen in on; mind someone else's business, be a busybody, tap someone's phone; spy on, interfere in, meddle in, intrude on; scrutinize, probe informal* stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy (about), nose into, snoop about/around/round in Australian/New Zealand informal stickybeak inquisitive, curious, busybody, probing, spying, eavesdropping, impertinent, interfering, meddling, meddlesome, intrusive informal nosy, snooping, snoopy Scottish & Northern English nebby rare busy Origin Middle English (in the sense 'peer inquisitively'): of unknown origin. Rhymes ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai pry2 /prʌɪ / verb (pries, prying, pried) chiefly North American Another term for prise. prying open the door he pried his left leg free... My idle hands proceeded to pound, wrench, twist, pry, and yank at anything I could get a hold on. My ears strained toward the sirens and my heart pounded as the officers used a crowbar to pry away the door. I knocked lightly on the door, hoping to pry Angela out of the restroom. Origin Early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.
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