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

单词	pry
释义	pry I. \ˈprī\ intransitive verb (pried ; pried ; prying ; pries) Etymology: Middle English prien : to look closely or inquisitively : peer curiously : peep < pry into every corner of the house > especially : to make a searching or presumptuous inquiry or investigation < no need to pry for psychopathological causes — T.S.Eliot > — usually used with into < pry into people's secrets — Virginia Woolf > < pried curiously into the meaning of nature — V.L.Parrington > II. transitive verb (pried ; pried ; prying ; pries) Etymology: back-formation (prize being taken as 3d singular present) from prize (VI) 1. : to raise, move, or pull apart with a pry or lever : prize < pry up a floorboard > < pry the lid off a can > < pry away a large stone blocking the entrance > < prying the heavy slabs apart > 2. : to extract, detach, or open with difficulty < pry military information out of a prisoner > < deputies he was able to pry away from the … leadership — Paul Johnson > < try to pry loose that 10 percent on the … deal — Bennett Cerf > < have pried open enough pocketbooks — D.C.Morrill > III. noun (-es) Etymology: back-formation (prize being taken as plural) from prize (V) 1. : a tool (as a lever or crowbar) for prying or prizing; especially : one with a claw end for removing spikes 2. : leverage
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