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单词 prying
释义
Prying
nnoun.cognitionoffensive inquisitiveness
Synset:nosiness snoopiness
Derivationally Related Form:prysnoopynosy
Hypernyms:curiousness inquisitiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:nosinesscuriousnesscuriositycognitive statepsychological stateconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
vverb.contactto move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Synset:jimmy lever prise prize pry
Examples:
  • The burglar jimmied the lock
  • Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
Derivationally Related Form:pryleverleveragejimmy
Hypernyms:open open up
Inherited Hypernyms:pryopen
Entailment:loose loosen
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.communicationbe nosey
Examples:
  • Don't pry into my personal matters!
Derivationally Related Form:prying
Hypernyms:ask enquire inquire
Inherited Hypernyms:pryaskcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.perceptionsearch or inquire in a meddlesome way
Synset:horn in intrude nose poke pry
Examples:
  • This guy is always nosing around the office
Derivationally Related Form:pryingnose
Hypernyms:look search
Inherited Hypernyms:intrudesearchexamine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.creationmake an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
Synset:prise pry
Examples:
  • They pried the information out of him
Derivationally Related Form:prying
Hypernyms:extort wring from
Inherited Hypernyms:pryextortobtainget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alloffensively curious or inquisitive
Synset:nosey nosy snoopy
Examples:
  • curious about the neighbor's doings
  • he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
  • prying eyes
  • the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
Antonyms:incurious
Derivationally Related Form:snoopnosesnoopinessnosiness
Inherited Hypernyms:nosy
Similar to:curious
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