explorev.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsplɔː/,

/ɛkˈsplɔː/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsplɔr/,

/ɛkˈsplɔr/

Forms: 1500s– explore; also Scottish pre-1700 exploir.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explōrāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin explōrāre to reconnoitre, inspect, to investigate, to put to the test, try out, perhaps < ex- ex- prefix¹ + plōrāre plore v., although the semantic motivation is unclear (according to ancient authors, the original sense of explōrāre was ‘to scout the hunting area for game by means of shouting’). Compare earlier explorator n. and slightly later exploration n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French explorer (a1412 in an apparently isolated attestation in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘to spy (something) out’, subsequently from 1546, earliest in sense ‘to examine, research’), and Catalan explorar (end of the 15th cent.), Spanish explorar (late 14th cent.), Italian esplorare (first half of the 14th cent.), all earliest in sense ‘to examine, research (something)’.

a. transitive. To establish facts concerning, find out about (the condition or nature of something); to ascertain, find out, discover (a fact, a cause for something, etc.). Also with indirect question as object.Now somewhat rare except as overlapping with sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)]

seekc900

seeOE

searcha1382

takea1382

inquire1390

undergrope?a1412

explore1531

to pry out1548

to scan out1548

to hunt out1576

sound1596

exquire1607

pervestigate1610

pump1611

trace1642

probe1649

to hunt up1741

to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770

verify1801

to get a load of1929

sus1966

1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. ii. vi. 68 The samyn tyme come certane oratouris fra King Ptholomye of Egipt, to exploir the maneris and situacioun of euery pepill and region.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. i. f. cciiii/1 He began to explore ye richtis of yir .ii. partiis.

1585 Queen Elizabeth I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 29 Stratagems..by..sondry meanes to be explored.

1630 P. Massinger Renegado v. iii. sig. L1 A cunning spie sent to explore The Cities strength, or weakenesse.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 31 We..may accordingly explore their verities.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 72 Let the Learned Gard'ner..Explore the Nature of each sev'ral Tree.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 84 Let some Prophet..Explore the Cause of great Apollo's Rage.

1772 Monthly Rev. June 584 He explores the hidden sources of legislation.

1823 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 177 Who or what sort of persons inherited Mackery End..we..determined some day to explore.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 43 The imperator resolved to explore, disguised..the actual temper of the soldiers.

1932 H. V. Morton In Search of Wales vi. 91 The natives imbrued their altars with the blood of their prisoners, and in the entrails of men explored the will of the gods.

1993 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. c 7/6 His laboratory and others have also explored precisely how the new class of antimigraine drugs, sumatriptan and its imitators, manage to work their apparent magic on patients.

b. transitive. To inquire into or discuss (a subject) in detail; to assess, evaluate (an option, a possibility, etc.); to investigate.Originally and sometimes still as an extended use of sense 2a (see, for example, quots. 1774, 1932). With to explore every avenue cf. avenue n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]

underseekc897

speerc900

lookeOE

askOE

seeOE

teem witnessc1200

seeka1300

fand13..

inquirec1300

undergoc1315

visit1338

pursuea1382

searcha1382

examinec1384

assay1387

ensearchc1400

vesteyea1425

to have in waitc1440

perpend1447

to bring witnessc1475

vey1512

investigate?1520

recounta1530

to call into (also in) question1534

finger1546

rip1549

sight1556

vestigatea1561

to look into ——1561

require1563

descry?1567

sound1579

question1590

resolve1593

surview1601

undersearch1609

sift1611

disquire1621

indagate1623

inspect1623

pierce1640

shrive1647

in-looka1649

probe1649

incern1656

quaeritate1657

inquisite1674

reconnoitre1740

explore1774

to bring to book1786

look-see1867

scrutate1882

to shake down1915

sleuth1939

screen1942

1774 M. Scott Female Advocate 35 With thee, the paths of science to explore; With thee, the open book of Nature scan.

1848 R. C. Winthrop Oration 4th July 27 Such characters could be found by my exploring every avenue of information respecting their merits and pretensions.

1868 F. M. Müller Chips III. v. 118 He had explored the modern languages of Europe.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 235 The Scotch School..entered the mind to explore it.

1906 Athenæum 21 July 71/3 The Latinless enthusiast who is curious to explore Propertius.

1932 Week-End Rev. 9 Apr. 456/2 She explores..the world of political assassination.

1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 305/2 The work done by the ‘psychedelic’ specialists..has explored the possibilities of expanding awareness by the use of hallucinogenic drugs.

1976 Times 24 Jan. 3/4 It suggests they [sc. women] might explore their sexuality and have more fun than they have in the past.

2011 Church Times 30 Sept. 24/2 He explores a number of topical issues in the subsequent chapters.

a. transitive. To travel to or around (an uncharted or unknown area or region) for the purposes of discovery and gathering information; (later also) to go to or around (an unfamiliar place) in order to learn about it or get to know it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > explore or search through

fand?c1225

visit1338

discoverc1440

explorate?1549

explore1577

survey1592

exquire1607

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc.

perambulate1450

perlustrate1535

explorate?1549

explore1577

perlustrea1600

reacknowledge1622

canvass1652

reconnoitre1712

recce1943

1577 D. Settle True Rep. Voy. Frobisher sig. A.iiii^v They haue explored Africa, euen through the burning Zone, both the West and South coast.

a1616 F. Beaumont Poems (1653) sig. F8 Not caring to observe the wind Or the new sea to explore.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 Another Typhis shall new Seas explore.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 105 Who bid the Stork, Columbus-like, explore Heav'ns not his own?

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 151 The busy race..explore Each creek.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 443 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] He..recommended us to explore Wapping.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 72 It is the old historical lands of Europe that the lover of history longs to explore.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 194 We spent a couple of hours..exploring the ruins.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. 137 A deep coral pool..which he was exploring for live creatures.

1970 Times 6 Jan. 16/7 Explore the beautiful Western Isles of Scotland.

1987 D. Gersi Explorer iv. 101 Covering the walls were large color photographs he had taken of the jungles he had explored and the tribes he had met.

2007 Waterbirds 30 215/1 The shores of the lagoons and beaches were explored by car, where roads or other access existed.

b. intransitive. To go to or around an unknown or unfamiliar place in order to learn about it; to engage in exploration. Also: to go on an excursion or expedition to a place.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > explore

explore1816

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > go on an exploration

discover1568

explore1816

1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 263 While they are with us, we shall explore a great deal.

1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 264 We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer.

1853 F. Galton Narr. Explorer Trop. S. Afr. Pref. p. v A traveller who..chose to start from Little Fish Bay,..and explore to the eastwards and southwards, would be likely to make a very successful journey.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ii. 29 Wouldn't the Royal Geographical Society finance the expedition? It ought to, as it's to explore to an undiscovered island.

1973 N. Tinbergen Animal in its World II. iv. xvi. 167 We do less exploring as we grow up, simply because the urge to explore wanes.

1996 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Jan. 19/2 You can..even ‘heli-hike’, taking a chopper deep into the wilderness before you explore on foot.

2013 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact May 16/1 They want to explore, and they want to pioneer.

†a. transitive. To search for; to find by searching. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down

findOE

track1565

to start up1566

explore1592

to find forth1601

tracea1913

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. L4 Fame doth explore what lyes most secrete hidden, Entring the closet of the Pallace dweller: Abroade reuealing what is most forbidden.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 328 I now am bound..to explore My long-lack'd father.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 970 I come no Spie, With purpose to explore or to disturb The secrets of your Realm.

1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 349 The good Shepherd..Explores the lost, the wand'ring Sheep directs.

1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 255 The Alps, over which he was to explore a new passage into Italy.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 59 I will diligently accomplish what you wish, exploring for this purpose a fit opportunity.

1859 J. G. Cooper in Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route Railroad Mississippi to Pacific: Suppl. Vol. I ii. 21 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 46) XVIII I went with a party to explore a route through this valley to the sound.

b. intransitive. To conduct a search for something, in later use esp. minerals, oil, or other raw materials (cf. exploration n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]

seekc888

aseekc1000

i-secheOE

huntc1175

to seek afterc1175

beseechc1200

fand?c1225

ofseche?c1225

to seek forc1250

atseekc1275

furiec1290

forseeka1300

outseekc1300

upseekc1315

to look after ——c1330

wait1340

laita1350

searchc1350

pursuea1382

ensearchc1384

to feel and findc1384

inseekc1384

looka1398

fraist?a1400

umseeka1400

require?c1400

walec1400

to look up1468

prowla1475

to see for ——c1485

to look for ——a1492

to have in the wind1540

sue1548

vent?1575

seek1616

explore1618

dacker1634

research1650

to see out for1683

quest1752

to see after ——1776

1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. ii. xv. 244 I beleeue might be pull'd out of the center of the same, if such a passage did euer excite man to explore for secrets, marchandize, or wealth.

1656 S. Holland Don Zara Del Fogo v. 37 He arose with a resolve to explore for flesh, either Goat or Stag.

1859 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 22 176 Coarse Gold was found about six weeks since by some packers while exploring for a mule route around Lake Seton.

1872 R. B. Smyth Mining Statist. 27 A large expenditure of public money in exploring for coal.

1929 Oregon Hist. Q. 30 297 Geology students of the University of Oregon in the past summer explored for fossils in Crook, Grant, Wheeler and Lake counties.

1975 North Sea Background Notes (Brit. Petroleum Co.) 7 Production licences..give the licensee exclusive rights over a specific area to explore for and produce hydrocarbons.

2011 Economist 17 Dec. 44/2 Sirius Minerals is exploring for potash, a mineral used in fertilisers.

a. transitive. To scrutinize, examine, survey. Also: to examine by touch (cf. sense 4b). Also intransitive.In later use sometimes influenced by sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)]

through-seekOE

gropea1250

to search outa1382

ensearch1382

boltc1386

examinea1387

ransackc1390

ripea1400

search1409

overreach?a1425

considerc1425

perquirec1460

examec1480

peruse?1520

grounda1529

study1528

oversearch1532

perscrute1536

scrute1536

to go over ——1537

scan1548

examinate1560

rifle1566

to consider of1569

excuss1570

ripe1573

sift1573

sift1577

to pry into ——1581

dive1582

rub1591

explore1596

pervestigate1610

dissecta1631

profound1643

circumspect1667

scrutinize1671

perscrutatea1679

introspect1683

rummage1690

reconnoitre1740

scrutinate1742

to look through1744

scrutiny1755

parse1788

gun1819

cat-haul1840

vivisect1876

scour1882

microscope1888

tooth-comb1893

X-ray1896

comb1904

fine-tooth comb1949

1596 J. Davies Orchestra xcv. sig. C2^v Whose quick eyes doe explore The iust dimension both of earth and heau'n.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 95 Her selfe in instants doth all things explore, For each thing present.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 92 Some unexperienc'd Fool her Eyes explore.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. ix They explored the several Kinds of..Vegetable Substances.

1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 324 Together we explored the stoic page Of the Ligurian, stern tho' beardless sage [sc. Persius].

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 71 I digress into Soho, to explore a book-stall.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ii. 40 He thrust his hand into a purse..and explored it again and again with a look of frustration.

1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 170 He looketh seldom in their face, His eyes explore the ground.

1922 R. Keable Mother of all Living x. 14 I must explore the book-cases down-stairs, and especially the one dad always kept locked.

1950 R. H. Baker Astron. (ed. 5) viii. 478 Other stellar assemblages outside the galactic system are scattered through space as far as the largest telescopes can explore.

1980 W. Percy Second Coming i. vii. 256 He absently explored the beast, hide now hardened and chitinous as a locust.

2011 Independent 8 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 12/3 We've been encouraged by a thousand food writers..to explore the lunar surface of pain de campagne.

b. To undertake a physical examination of (a wound or a part of the body), originally esp. by touch or with a probe; to examine by means of a surgical or endoscopic procedure. Cf. exploration n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by touch

toucha1398

explore1689

manipulate1876

palpate1898

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > examine by

gropec1000

handleOE

tastec1290

feela1400

grob1654

explore1689

grubblea1690

pouter1808

palpate1850

fingle1907

1689 E. Howard Caroloiades 31 The Prince, with Courteous grief, his Cure assay'd By best skill'd Surgeons who his wounds explore, But found, too far past aid, his Vital Power.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 66 The finger is better than any instrument to explore some kinds of wounds.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 361 The learned finger never need explore Thy vig'rous pulse.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 4/1 The methods of exploring the abdomen may be reduced to three—inspection, manual examination (or palpation), and percussion.

1867 Med. Rec. 2 389/2 In exploring the abdomen by means of percussion Dr. Bennett directs that the pleximeter..should first be placed immediately below the xiphoid cartilage.

1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 June 1599/1 On attempting to explore the cystic duct, its orifice was found to be completely obliterated.

1991 Saudi Med. Jrnl. 12 271/1 Examples [of mid-nineteenth century technical developments] are..laryngoscopes and mirrors for exploring nasal passages by the Czech medical scientist in 1858.

2014 Lippincott Man. Nursing Pract. (ed. 10) xxxv. 1214/1 All wounds must be thoroughly explored for retained foreign objects before closure.

†5. transitive. To attempt, test. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. N.E.D. (1894) marks this sense as a Latinism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > make experiment of or with [verb (transitive)]

afondc1300

assailc1300

found1340

assay1377

taste1382

experiment1524

experience1541

try1545

attempt1563

practise1632

explore1667

experimentate1670

to taste of1700

to try out1888

to try (something)(on) for size1979

fand-

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 632 Satan..toward the Gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight.

Derivatives

exˈplored adj. that has been explored (in various senses); often with modifying word indicating the frequency of exploration in the past.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > relating to exploration of a place > explored

explored1664

1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 96 For it is a most explored truth, That the Region of Spain distributed to divers Kingdoms, when it was devolvd to the hands of King Ferdinand and Isabella.

1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 367/1 Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom-explored press.

1909 A. A. Milne in Punch 19 May 348/1 A brief but authoritative life of the poet..led him finally to the study of one of the least explored of our transit systems.

1967 Sci. Amer. June 124/2 By joining equilateral triangles along their edges one obtains another well-explored family of shapes known as polyiamonds.

1997 A. Cambeira Quisqueya La Bella viii. 88 Spain very boldly claimed all the explored territories in the Caribbean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	explore
释义	exploren. Brit. /ᵻkˈsplɔː/, /ɛkˈsplɔː/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsplɔr/, /ɛkˈsplɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: explore v. Etymology: < explore v. colloquial. An act of exploring an unfamiliar place; an exploration, an excursion. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > exploring a place exploring1577 exploration1616 grand tour1793 explore1873 1873 T. Watson Homely Pearls at Random Strung vi. 266 If you make any discovery give a shout. I'll do the same. So now for another explore. 1886 M. Sidney Golden West 179 Don't you want to go out for an ‘explore’? 1928 A. A. Milne House at Pooh Corner vii. 113 What about coming for an explore and getting Pooh and Piglet to come too? 1949 J. Wanklyn Bobtail Shawn xiv. 120 At week-ends we were able to go off on long ‘explores’ by ourselves. 2002 Leader (Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba) 6 May 16/2 Take your family on an explore of our very own province. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). explorev. Brit. /ᵻkˈsplɔː/, /ɛkˈsplɔː/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsplɔr/, /ɛkˈsplɔr/ Forms: 1500s– explore; also Scottish pre-1700 exploir. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explōrāre. Etymology: < classical Latin explōrāre to reconnoitre, inspect, to investigate, to put to the test, try out, perhaps < ex- ex- prefix¹ + plōrāre plore v., although the semantic motivation is unclear (according to ancient authors, the original sense of explōrāre was ‘to scout the hunting area for game by means of shouting’). Compare earlier explorator n. and slightly later exploration n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French explorer (a1412 in an apparently isolated attestation in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘to spy (something) out’, subsequently from 1546, earliest in sense ‘to examine, research’), and Catalan explorar (end of the 15th cent.), Spanish explorar (late 14th cent.), Italian esplorare (first half of the 14th cent.), all earliest in sense ‘to examine, research (something)’. 1. a. transitive. To establish facts concerning, find out about (the condition or nature of something); to ascertain, find out, discover (a fact, a cause for something, etc.). Also with indirect question as object.Now somewhat rare except as overlapping with sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)] seekc900 seeOE searcha1382 takea1382 inquire1390 undergrope?a1412 explore1531 to pry out1548 to scan out1548 to hunt out1576 sound1596 exquire1607 pervestigate1610 pump1611 trace1642 probe1649 to hunt up1741 to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770 verify1801 to get a load of1929 sus1966 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. ii. vi. 68 The samyn tyme come certane oratouris fra King Ptholomye of Egipt, to exploir the maneris and situacioun of euery pepill and region. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. i. f. cciiii/1 He began to explore ye richtis of yir .ii. partiis. 1585 Queen Elizabeth I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 29 Stratagems..by..sondry meanes to be explored. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado v. iii. sig. L1 A cunning spie sent to explore The Cities strength, or weakenesse. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 31 We..may accordingly explore their verities. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 72 Let the Learned Gard'ner..Explore the Nature of each sev'ral Tree. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 84 Let some Prophet..Explore the Cause of great Apollo's Rage. 1772 Monthly Rev. June 584 He explores the hidden sources of legislation. 1823 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 177 Who or what sort of persons inherited Mackery End..we..determined some day to explore. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 43 The imperator resolved to explore, disguised..the actual temper of the soldiers. 1932 H. V. Morton In Search of Wales vi. 91 The natives imbrued their altars with the blood of their prisoners, and in the entrails of men explored the will of the gods. 1993 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. c 7/6 His laboratory and others have also explored precisely how the new class of antimigraine drugs, sumatriptan and its imitators, manage to work their apparent magic on patients. b. transitive. To inquire into or discuss (a subject) in detail; to assess, evaluate (an option, a possibility, etc.); to investigate.Originally and sometimes still as an extended use of sense 2a (see, for example, quots. 1774, 1932). With to explore every avenue cf. avenue n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 1774 M. Scott Female Advocate 35 With thee, the paths of science to explore; With thee, the open book of Nature scan. 1848 R. C. Winthrop Oration 4th July 27 Such characters could be found by my exploring every avenue of information respecting their merits and pretensions. 1868 F. M. Müller Chips III. v. 118 He had explored the modern languages of Europe. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 235 The Scotch School..entered the mind to explore it. 1906 Athenæum 21 July 71/3 The Latinless enthusiast who is curious to explore Propertius. 1932 Week-End Rev. 9 Apr. 456/2 She explores..the world of political assassination. 1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 305/2 The work done by the ‘psychedelic’ specialists..has explored the possibilities of expanding awareness by the use of hallucinogenic drugs. 1976 Times 24 Jan. 3/4 It suggests they [sc. women] might explore their sexuality and have more fun than they have in the past. 2011 Church Times 30 Sept. 24/2 He explores a number of topical issues in the subsequent chapters. 2. a. transitive. To travel to or around (an uncharted or unknown area or region) for the purposes of discovery and gathering information; (later also) to go to or around (an unfamiliar place) in order to learn about it or get to know it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > explore or search through fand?c1225 visit1338 discoverc1440 explorate?1549 explore1577 survey1592 exquire1607 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc. perambulate1450 perlustrate1535 view1539 explorate?1549 explore1577 perlustrea1600 reacknowledge1622 canvass1652 reconnoitre1712 recce1943 1577 D. Settle True Rep. Voy. Frobisher sig. A.iiii^v They haue explored Africa, euen through the burning Zone, both the West and South coast. a1616 F. Beaumont Poems (1653) sig. F8 Not caring to observe the wind Or the new sea to explore. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 Another Typhis shall new Seas explore. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 105 Who bid the Stork, Columbus-like, explore Heav'ns not his own? 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 151 The busy race..explore Each creek. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 443 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] He..recommended us to explore Wapping. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 72 It is the old historical lands of Europe that the lover of history longs to explore. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 194 We spent a couple of hours..exploring the ruins. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. 137 A deep coral pool..which he was exploring for live creatures. 1970 Times 6 Jan. 16/7 Explore the beautiful Western Isles of Scotland. 1987 D. Gersi Explorer iv. 101 Covering the walls were large color photographs he had taken of the jungles he had explored and the tribes he had met. 2007 Waterbirds 30 215/1 The shores of the lagoons and beaches were explored by car, where roads or other access existed. b. intransitive. To go to or around an unknown or unfamiliar place in order to learn about it; to engage in exploration. Also: to go on an excursion or expedition to a place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > explore explore1816 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > go on an exploration discover1568 explore1816 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 263 While they are with us, we shall explore a great deal. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 264 We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer. View more context for this quotation 1853 F. Galton Narr. Explorer Trop. S. Afr. Pref. p. v A traveller who..chose to start from Little Fish Bay,..and explore to the eastwards and southwards, would be likely to make a very successful journey. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ii. 29 Wouldn't the Royal Geographical Society finance the expedition? It ought to, as it's to explore to an undiscovered island. 1973 N. Tinbergen Animal in its World II. iv. xvi. 167 We do less exploring as we grow up, simply because the urge to explore wanes. 1996 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Jan. 19/2 You can..even ‘heli-hike’, taking a chopper deep into the wilderness before you explore on foot. 2013 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact May 16/1 They want to explore, and they want to pioneer. 3. †a. transitive. To search for; to find by searching. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down findOE track1565 to start up1566 explore1592 to find forth1601 tracea1913 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. L4 Fame doth explore what lyes most secrete hidden, Entring the closet of the Pallace dweller: Abroade reuealing what is most forbidden. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ii. 328 I now am bound..to explore My long-lack'd father. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 970 I come no Spie, With purpose to explore or to disturb The secrets of your Realm. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 349 The good Shepherd..Explores the lost, the wand'ring Sheep directs. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 255 The Alps, over which he was to explore a new passage into Italy. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 59 I will diligently accomplish what you wish, exploring for this purpose a fit opportunity. 1859 J. G. Cooper in Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route Railroad Mississippi to Pacific: Suppl. Vol. I ii. 21 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 46) XVIII I went with a party to explore a route through this valley to the sound. b. intransitive. To conduct a search for something, in later use esp. minerals, oil, or other raw materials (cf. exploration n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. ii. xv. 244 I beleeue might be pull'd out of the center of the same, if such a passage did euer excite man to explore for secrets, marchandize, or wealth. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara Del Fogo v. 37 He arose with a resolve to explore for flesh, either Goat or Stag. 1859 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 22 176 Coarse Gold was found about six weeks since by some packers while exploring for a mule route around Lake Seton. 1872 R. B. Smyth Mining Statist. 27 A large expenditure of public money in exploring for coal. 1929 Oregon Hist. Q. 30 297 Geology students of the University of Oregon in the past summer explored for fossils in Crook, Grant, Wheeler and Lake counties. 1975 North Sea Background Notes (Brit. Petroleum Co.) 7 Production licences..give the licensee exclusive rights over a specific area to explore for and produce hydrocarbons. 2011 Economist 17 Dec. 44/2 Sirius Minerals is exploring for potash, a mineral used in fertilisers. 4. a. transitive. To scrutinize, examine, survey. Also: to examine by touch (cf. sense 4b). Also intransitive.In later use sometimes influenced by sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] through-seekOE gropea1250 to search outa1382 ensearch1382 boltc1386 examinea1387 ransackc1390 ripea1400 search1409 overreach?a1425 considerc1425 perquirec1460 examec1480 peruse?1520 grounda1529 study1528 oversearch1532 perscrute1536 scrute1536 to go over ——1537 scan1548 examinate1560 rifle1566 to consider of1569 excuss1570 ripe1573 sift1573 sift1577 to pry into ——1581 dive1582 rub1591 explore1596 pervestigate1610 dissecta1631 profound1643 circumspect1667 scrutinize1671 perscrutatea1679 introspect1683 rummage1690 reconnoitre1740 scrutinate1742 to look through1744 scrutiny1755 parse1788 gun1819 cat-haul1840 vivisect1876 scour1882 microscope1888 tooth-comb1893 X-ray1896 comb1904 fine-tooth comb1949 1596 J. Davies Orchestra xcv. sig. C2^v Whose quick eyes doe explore The iust dimension both of earth and heau'n. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 95 Her selfe in instants doth all things explore, For each thing present. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 92 Some unexperienc'd Fool her Eyes explore. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. ix They explored the several Kinds of..Vegetable Substances. 1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 324 Together we explored the stoic page Of the Ligurian, stern tho' beardless sage [sc. Persius]. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 71 I digress into Soho, to explore a book-stall. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ii. 40 He thrust his hand into a purse..and explored it again and again with a look of frustration. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 170 He looketh seldom in their face, His eyes explore the ground. 1922 R. Keable Mother of all Living x. 14 I must explore the book-cases down-stairs, and especially the one dad always kept locked. 1950 R. H. Baker Astron. (ed. 5) viii. 478 Other stellar assemblages outside the galactic system are scattered through space as far as the largest telescopes can explore. 1980 W. Percy Second Coming i. vii. 256 He absently explored the beast, hide now hardened and chitinous as a locust. 2011 Independent 8 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 12/3 We've been encouraged by a thousand food writers..to explore the lunar surface of pain de campagne. b. To undertake a physical examination of (a wound or a part of the body), originally esp. by touch or with a probe; to examine by means of a surgical or endoscopic procedure. Cf. exploration n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by touch toucha1398 explore1689 manipulate1876 palpate1898 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > examine by gropec1000 handleOE tastec1290 feela1400 grob1654 explore1689 grubblea1690 pouter1808 palpate1850 fingle1907 1689 E. Howard Caroloiades 31 The Prince, with Courteous grief, his Cure assay'd By best skill'd Surgeons who his wounds explore, But found, too far past aid, his Vital Power. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 66 The finger is better than any instrument to explore some kinds of wounds. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 361 The learned finger never need explore Thy vig'rous pulse. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 4/1 The methods of exploring the abdomen may be reduced to three—inspection, manual examination (or palpation), and percussion. 1867 Med. Rec. 2 389/2 In exploring the abdomen by means of percussion Dr. Bennett directs that the pleximeter..should first be placed immediately below the xiphoid cartilage. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 June 1599/1 On attempting to explore the cystic duct, its orifice was found to be completely obliterated. 1991 Saudi Med. Jrnl. 12 271/1 Examples [of mid-nineteenth century technical developments] are..laryngoscopes and mirrors for exploring nasal passages by the Czech medical scientist in 1858. 2014 Lippincott Man. Nursing Pract. (ed. 10) xxxv. 1214/1 All wounds must be thoroughly explored for retained foreign objects before closure. †5. transitive. To attempt, test. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. N.E.D. (1894) marks this sense as a Latinism. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > make experiment of or with [verb (transitive)] afondc1300 assailc1300 found1340 assay1377 taste1382 experiment1524 experience1541 try1545 attempt1563 practise1632 explore1667 experimentate1670 to taste of1700 to try out1888 to try (something)(on) for size1979 fand- 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 632 Satan..toward the Gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight. View more context for this quotation Derivatives exˈplored adj. that has been explored (in various senses); often with modifying word indicating the frequency of exploration in the past. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > relating to exploration of a place > explored explored1664 1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 96 For it is a most explored truth, That the Region of Spain distributed to divers Kingdoms, when it was devolvd to the hands of King Ferdinand and Isabella. 1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 367/1 Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom-explored press. 1909 A. A. Milne in Punch 19 May 348/1 A brief but authoritative life of the poet..led him finally to the study of one of the least explored of our transit systems. 1967 Sci. Amer. June 124/2 By joining equilateral triangles along their edges one obtains another well-explored family of shapes known as polyiamonds. 1997 A. Cambeira Quisqueya La Bella viii. 88 Spain very boldly claimed all the explored territories in the Caribbean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1873v.1531
随便看	alcoholizes alcoholizing alcohollaced alcoholmeter alcoholometer alcoholometers alcoholometric alcoholometrical alcoholometries alcoholometry alcoholrelated alcohols alcoholysis alcohometer alcometer alcometers alconde alcoometer alcoometrical alcoometry alcoothionic alcoothionic acid alcopop alcopops alcoran

exploren.

explorev.

Derivatives