Probe
[prəʊb] or [prob]
解释:
(noun.) an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity.
(noun.) an exploratory action or expedition.
(noun.) a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities.
(noun.) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; 'there was a congressional probe into the scandal'.
(verb.) question or examine thoroughly and closely.
(verb.) examine physically with or as if with a probe; 'probe an anthill'.
艾格尼丝编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
(v. t.) Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.
(n.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
录入:玛格利特
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Prove, test, scrutinize, verify, investigate, examine, search, silt, explore
ANT:Skim, misinvestigate, blink, misexamine, slur, miss, gloss
编辑:波西亚
解释:
n. a proof or trial: a long thin instrument for examining a wound &c.: that which tries or probes.—v.t. to examine with or as with a probe: to examine thoroughly.—n.pl. Probe′-sciss′ors scissors used to open wounds the blade having a button at the end.
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例句:
- It is hard in you to probe me with that remark. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Mrs. Fisher continued to probe her embarrassment with an unflinching eye. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I decided, as a useful test, to probe her on the subject of her marriage-engagement to Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Well, Mr. Pickwick, sir, I wouldn't probe your feelings for the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Yet if you probe those interpretations there is no escaping the conclusion that they rest upon some notion of what man is like. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Wot we rekvire, sir, is a probe o' this here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Then she looked searchingly at Ursula, as if to probe her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Lacerations of the scalp (he probed--Does that hurt? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- He probed the glowworms with a bit of stick, and rolled them over, till the bright side of their tails was upwards. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I have no doubt, indeed, that she probed the Doctor's wound without knowing it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- But even thus early the stronger love of mechanical processes and of probing natural forces manifested itself. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of finding them. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Probing was unsatisfactory, he said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- He would not drop the work, and while highly appreciative of the proposed honor, let it go by rather than quit for a week or two the stern drudgery of probing for the fact and the truth. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- No one looked at her, no one seemed aware of her presence; she was probing the very depths of insignificance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Sir Leicester sits like a statue, gazing at the cruel finger that is probing the life-blood of his heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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