probe
英[prəʊb]
美[prob]
- n. 探针；调查
- vi. 调查；探测
- vt. 探查；用探针探测
- n. (Probe)人名；(法)普罗布
词态变化
复数: probes;第三人称单数: probes;过去式: probed;过去分词: probed;现在分词: probing;
中文词源
probe 盘问，追究，探究，试探，检验
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。
英文词源
- probe (n.)
- early 15c., "instrument for exploring wounds, etc.," also "an examination," from Medieval Latin proba "examination," in Late Latin "a test, proof," from Latin probare (see prove). Meaning "act of probing" is 1890, from the verb; figurative sense of "penetrating investigation" is from 1903. Meaning "small, unmanned exploratory craft" is attested from 1953.
- probe (v.)
- 1640s, originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate;" from probe (n.) and partly from Latin probare. Literal sense of "to examine with a probe" is from 1680s. Related: Probed; probing; probingly.
双语例句
- 1. A doctor used a probe to remove metal fragments from a wound.
- 医生用探针将伤口中的金属碎片取出.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The police probe into organized crime led to several arrests.
- 警方对有组织犯罪的调查使数人受到拘捕.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. They will probe deeply into the matter.
- 他们将深入调查这件事.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society.
- 我再次通过照相机冷漠、坚定的镜头去探究这个病态的社会。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again.
- 外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。
来自柯林斯例句