• vt. 撬動，撬開
• vi. 刺探，探查
• n. 窺探；杠桿

來自中古法語prien,偷窺，打探，可能來自piren的變體詞，來自piren,偷窺，詞源同peer.

來自prize 的回構詞，來自古法語prise,抓住，來自（縮寫自）拉丁語prehendere,抓住，詞源 同apprise,comprehend.引申詞義撬開，強力扒開。

pry

pry: see prize

pry (v.1)

"look inquisitively," c. 1300, from prien "to peer in," of unknown origin, perhaps related to late Old English bepriwan "to wink." Related: Pried; prying. As a noun, "act of prying," from 1750; meaning "inquisitive person" is from 1845.

pry (v.2)

"raise by force," 1823, from a noun meaning "instrument for prying, crowbar;" alteration of prize (as though it were a plural) in obsolete sense of "lever" (c. 1300), from Old French prise "a taking hold, grasp" (see prize (n.2)).

1. Don't pry into private life of others.

不要窺探別人的私生活.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Don't pry into the affairs of others.

莫管閑事.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. If you want to pry into other people'sbusiness you shall not do it here, young man.

如果你想刺探別人的隱私，那你來錯地方了，年輕人。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Jack managed to pry away a large stone blocking the entrance.

杰克設法移開了堵住門口的大石頭.

來自辭典例句

5. A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.

一個司機想用一根開關棒撬開雷克斯的嘴.

來自辭典例句