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

verb | noun

probeprobe1 /proʊb/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

probe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	probe
	he, she, it	probes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	probed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have probed
	he, she, it	has probed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had probed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will probe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have probed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am probing
	he, she, it	is probing
	you, we, they	are probing
Past	I, he, she, it	was probing
	you, we, they	were probing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been probing
	he, she, it	has been probing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been probing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be probing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been probing

1to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know: He began to probe deeper. Investigators are probing the causes of the train wreck.probe into What right does he have to probe into my personal life?2to examine something or look for something using your fingers or a long thin instrument: Anxiously, she probed the wound.3[transitive] written to search or examine a place, especially in order to find something—probing adjective: probing questions—probingly adverb

verb | noun

probeprobe2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYprobe²

Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin proba, from Latin probare to test, prove

1a process by an official organization of trying to find out the truth about something SYN investigation: probe into a probe into allegations of fraud2medicine a long thin metal instrument that doctors and scientists use to examine parts of the body inside you3a space probe