probe

probe

英[prəʊb],美[prob]

n. 调查, 探寻; 探针
v. 盘问; 用探针探测, 探查; 搜索
助记:pro-向前 + be-成为,存在,引申诸相关词义。

词 源 树

权威词源导读

probe (n.) - 15世纪早期,"instrument for exploring wounds, etc.",也表示 "an examination",源自中古拉丁语proba "examination",晚期拉丁语中表示 "a test, proof",源自拉丁语probare "show, demonstrate; test, inspect; judge by trial" (参看:prove)。含义 "act of probing" 始于1890,源自动词;比喻含义 "penetrating investigation" 始于1903。含义 "small, unmanned exploratory craft" 证据表明始于1953。

probe (v.) - 17世纪40年代,originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate";源自probe (n.) 部分源自拉丁语probare "show, demonstrate; test, inspect"。物理含义 "to examine with a probe" 始于17世纪80年代。同根词:Probed; probing; probingly。

词源说明(童理民)

1. probe : 来自拉丁语probare,检验,试探,来自pro-,向前,-be,成为,存在,词源同be.引申诸相关词义。

21世纪大英汉词典

#proben.1.探索;查究2.深入调查;(尤指)[美国英语]法庭对贪污行为的调查;探查;(对伤处等的)针探3.【医学】探针,探子;探测剂4.[美国英语] 【物理学】试探电极,试探器5.取样器;探测器;测管6.探头;测杆;扫描头7.探空火箭,研究火箭8.(空中加油的)受油探管9.灭草定10.无人驾驶宇宙飞船vt.1.(用探针)探查;探索:He probed the swelling anxiously with his finger.他用手指很担心地触摸肿处。2.深查;深究;细察;刺察:The lawyer probed the witness' truthfulness by asking questions.律师通过提问探查证人是否讲真话。3.用尖物刺穿(物件):to probe the blade of the knife in between the logs把刀刃插进木桩之间4.(用试探性袭击等)侦察(敌情):probing an enemy outpost侦察敌人的前哨阵地5.用力使向前推进:He kept probing the crusty snow with a pole.他老是用一根杆子探测硬雪。vi.1.探查;探索;深查;深究:The journalist was probing into several financial scandals.记者正在调查几起财务丑闻。2.用探针(或探测器等)探测:The soldiers probed cautiously ahead of them for mines.士兵们小心翼翼地探测前方的地雷。近义词investigation变形vt.probedprobing#

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