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

• Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progres the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox.
  小男孩下定决心要把石头移走，他又推又撬，但每次自以为取得一些成果时，那石头又滚了下来掉回沙箱中。
• I pried it loose with a crowbar and hoisted it into the wheelbarrow.
  我用撬棍把它撬松，然后搬到了手推车里。
• Hey, if you pried it open.
  哎你要是捅了它。
• Pried a confession out of the suspect.
  从嫌疑犯中寻出了口供。
• A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing
  一阵狂风把铺在屋顶上的一块金属片掀起来了。
• The car trunk had been pried open and all her equipment was gone.
  那辆小车的行李箱被撬开了，她所有的设备都没了。
• I pried the top off a can of chilli
  我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer.
  因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。
• He pried the box open with a screwdriver.
  他用螺丝起子将箱子撬开。
• I struggled out of bed, pried open my eyes, shaved and showered, and bolted down some breakfast.
  我挣扎着起了床，使劲睁开双眼，刮了脸又冲了澡，然后匆匆吞下一些早点。